[LLVMdev] questions about installing llvm

[Chris Lattner]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Feng Chen wrote:

> It works. Thanks!
>
> However, although the configuration and installation process doesn't report
> any error/warning, the llvmc cannot work. It just says: Unexpected unknown
> exception occurred :(
>
> Do you have any clue about that?

Can you send us information on how to reproduce the bug?  We'd like to get 
it fixed if possible.  Are you using mainline CVS?

-Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Misha Brukman [mailto:brukman at uiuc.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 2:00 PM
> To: LLVM Developers Mailing List
> Cc: 'Marcelo D'Amorim'; Feng Chen
> Subject: Re: [LLVMdev] questions about installing llvm
>
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 11:39:27AM -0800, Reid Spencer wrote:
>> Actually, Misha, that won't work.
>
> Sorry, Reid, but I think it will, for the following reason:
>
> I don't really know what the -c (lowercase) option does, but install
> says it's ignored anyway, so that's irrelevant for GNU install.  We're
> talking about the -C option (uppercase).
>
>> The -C option is used directly in docs/Makefile. So the change will have
>> to go into docs/Makefile. Either that or upgrade install to version 5.
>
> docs/Makefile uses $(INSTALL) -C (uppercase).
>
> My point is that /usr/dcs/..../ginstall doesn't accept -C but
> /usr/bin/install does.
>
> Changing it in Makefile.config will do the trick.
>
>

-Chris

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