[LLVMdev] Re: LLVM build error

[Reid Spencer]

On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 18:46 +0100, Lexington Luthor wrote:
> I have resolved my problem already - basically I had "-s" in my 
> CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS environment which configure put in the Makefiles and 
> screwed up the build. 

You mean the Makefile system honored your request to use non-standard
CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS. The build went fine. It just didn't produce what
you were hoping for.

> libLLVMSupport did get build, with the 
> IncludeFile.o object (verified with nm), but with -s it confused ld -r 
> at some point! 

The -s option tells the linker to strip *all* symbol information from
the file, not just debug symbols. Use -S (capital S) to remove debug
symbols.  When you strip all symbols, there's nothing to link against
and I would expect it to produce the result you got, or worse.

> (Perhaps a configure check can be added for this flag to 
> save future hair-pulling)

There are hundreds of options that can screw up a build. When
developer's stray from the recommended build procedures, they will have
to deal with the consequences themselves. 

I'm sorry for the trouble it caused, but there isn't much we can do to
prevent you from shooting yourself in the foot. :)  I've been there,
done that kind of thing before and know about the wasted time, etc.  I
usually just chalk it up to a learning experience.

In any event, what were you trying to accomplish with the use of the -s
flag? Perhaps there's another way to do it.

> 
> In any case, I removed the CFLAGS variable and am currently building (it 
> seems to be going well).

Great! Glad its working now.

Reid.
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