[llvm-commits] [llvm] r65857 - /llvm/trunk/docs/FAQ.html

[Gabor Greif]

Author: ggreif
Date: Mon Mar  2 13:08:05 2009
New Revision: 65857

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=65857&view=rev
Log:
add a Q/A on broken GCCs

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/docs/FAQ.html

Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/FAQ.html
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/FAQ.html?rev=65857&r1=65856&r2=65857&view=diff

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--- llvm/trunk/docs/FAQ.html (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/FAQ.html Mon Mar  2 13:08:05 2009
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
   <li>I've built LLVM and am testing it, but the tests freeze.</li>
   <li>Why do test results differ when I perform different types of builds?</li>
   <li>Compiling LLVM with GCC 3.3.2 fails, what should I do?</li>
+  <li>Compiling LLVM with GCC succeeds, but the resulting tools do not work, what can be wrong?</li>
   <li>When I use the test suite, all of the C Backend tests fail.  What is
       wrong?</li>
   <li>After Subversion update, rebuilding gives the error "No rule to make
@@ -356,6 +357,17 @@
 </div>
 
 <div class="question">
+<p>Compiling LLVM with GCC succeeds, but the resulting tools do not work, what can be wrong?</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="answer">
+<p>Several versions of GCC have shown a weakness in miscompiling the LLVM codebase. Please
+consult your compiler version (<tt>gcc --version</tt>) to find out whether it is
+<a href="GettingStarted.html#brokengcc">broken</a>. If so, your only option is to upgrade
+GCC to a known good version.</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="question">
 <p>After Subversion update, rebuilding gives the error "No rule to make
 target".</p>
 </div>