[cfe-dev] getting even more started

[OvermindDL1]

The correct list...

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 5:51 PM, OvermindDL1 <overminddl1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Might help is sent to list...
>
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Dave Yost <Dave at yost.com> wrote:
>> I haven't gotten any response to the below.
>>
>> Attached is an improved version of my shell script that builds and installs from the trunk.
>>
>> It obsoletes the step-by-step Getting Started instructions and also serves as an easy way to keep up with the trunk.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> At 9:11 PM -0500 2010-07-26, I wrote:
>>>At 3:51 PM -0700 2010-07-26, Chris Lattner wrote:
>>>>On Jul 25, 2010, at 8:40 PM, Dave Yost wrote:
>>>>>Regarding downloading, building, and installing llvm and clang, these pages
>>>>>   http://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html#quickstart
>>>>>   http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html
>>>>>have a lot of English text that a user has to translate correctly
>>>>>into shell commands.
>>>>>
>>>>>I think a shell script is preferable to manual-labor instructions.
>>>>>Like instructions for manual labor, a script can be human readable,
>>>>>but a script is also unambiguous and clear, not to mention that it
>>>>>is directly usable, without mistakes in translation from prose to
>>>>>shell commands.
>>>>>
>>>>>For many users the script will be all they need, and if not, it
>>>>>makes a great starting point for customization. The attached script
>>>>>is what I used. I offer it to you.
>>>>
>>>>Great!  Please send it to cfe-dev :)
>>>
>>>...
>>>
>>>Some more notes about installation
>>>
>>>1. The instructions don't say to do
>>>     gmake install
>>>
>>>2. For me, gmake install created these with restrictive permissions:
>>>     /usr/local/docs
>>>     /usr/local/include/llvm*
>>>     /usr/local/include/clang*
>>>
>>>3. gmake uninstall did not remove [updated since originally posted]
>>>     /usr/local/bin/llvm-config
>>>     /usr/local/include/clang/
>>>     /usr/local/include/clang-c/
>>>     /usr/local/include/llvm/
>>>     /usr/local/include/llvm-c/
>>>     /usr/local/lib/clang/
>>>
>>>Dave
>
> Slight issue, LLVM/Clang/Etc... use CMake.  The scripts you post do
> not include Windows support (which you could handle as windows
> bat/batch files).  It should support the full LLVM CMake so it
> supports multiple platforms.
>