[llvm-commits] CVS: llvm/docs/MakefileGuide.html

[Reid Spencer]

Changes in directory llvm/docs:

MakefileGuide.html updated: 1.38 -> 1.39
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Log message:

Document the LINK_COMPONENTS and NO_INSTALL variables.


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Diffs of the changes:  (+16 -1)

 MakefileGuide.html |   17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)


Index: llvm/docs/MakefileGuide.html
diff -u llvm/docs/MakefileGuide.html:1.38 llvm/docs/MakefileGuide.html:1.39
--- llvm/docs/MakefileGuide.html:1.38	Mon Sep  4 01:12:14 2006
+++ llvm/docs/MakefileGuide.html	Tue Feb  6 13:00:40 2007
@@ -683,6 +683,15 @@
     <dt><a name="LIBRARYNAME"><tt>LIBRARYNAME</tt></a></dt>
     <dd>Specify the name of the library to be built. (Required For
     Libraries)</dd>
+    <dt><a name="LINK_COMPONENTS"><tt>LINK_COMPONENTS</tt></a></dt>
+    <dd>When specified for building a tool, the value of this variable will be
+    passed to the <tt>llvm-config</tt> tool to generate a link line for the
+    tool. Unlike <tt>USEDLIBS</tt> and <tt>LLVMLIBS</tt>, not all libraries need
+    to be specified. The <tt>llvm-config</tt> tool will figure out the library
+    dependencies and add any libraries that are needed. The <tt>USEDLIBS</tt>
+    variable can still be used in conjunction with <tt>LINK_COMPONENTS</tt> so
+    that additional project-specific libraries can be linked with the LLVM 
+    libraries specified by <tt>LINK_COMPONENTS</tt></dd>
     <dt><a name="LINK_LIBS_IN_SHARED"><tt>LINK_LIBS_IN_SHARED</tt></a></dt>
     <dd>By default, shared library linking will ignore any libraries specified
     with the <a href="LLVMLIBS">LLVMLIBS</a> or <a href="USEDLIBS">USEDLIBS</a>.
@@ -704,6 +713,12 @@
     module can be specified in conjunction with other kinds of library builds 
     or by itself. It constructs from the sources a single linked bytecode 
     file.</dd>
+    <dt><a name="NO_INSTALL"><tt>NO_INSTALL</tt></a></dt>
+    <dd>Specifies that the build products of the directory should not be
+    installed but should be built even if the <tt>install</tt> target is given.
+    This is handy for directories that build libraries or tools that are only
+    used as part of the build process, such as code generators (e.g.
+    <tt>tblgen</tt>).</dd>
     <dt><a name="OPTIONAL_DIRS"><tt>OPTIONAL_DIRS</tt></a></dt>
     <dd>Specify a set of directories that may be built, if they exist, but its
     not an error for them not to exist.</dd>
@@ -1025,7 +1040,7 @@
 
   <a href="mailto:rspencer at x10sys.com">Reid Spencer</a><br>
   <a href="http://llvm.org">The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a><br>
-  Last modified: $Date: 2006/09/04 06:12:14 $
+  Last modified: $Date: 2007/02/06 19:00:40 $
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