[LLVMdev] Bugs in Getting Started Guide

[Tanya M. Lattner]

> Maybe this adds to the confusion: that he has to make decisions
> ("Where do I want the c-front end to live?") --- and at the same
> time the new user is, ahem, 'new', so he can't see the
> implications of such a decision.
>
> Maybe a cook-book-receive would be more helpful. Don't present
> options to the user, but give him a 'quick' result to work with.
>
> $ wget http://this-file
> $ wget http://that-file
> $ tar xzf this-file
> $ cd blah
> $ tar xjf ../that-file
> $ cd ..
> $ ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/dist --some-more-options
> $ make
> $ PATH=dist/bin:$PATH
> $ # now you can use llvm-gcc etc
>
> Do you want me to work out such a thing?

Well, I kinda think its important to indicate where to put llvm and 
llvm-gcc.. or at least tell the user to put it anywhere they want. From 
your example, I could see someone asking similar questions.. ie.. "Should 
they be untarred in the same directory?"

Maybe someone else has an opinion?

-Tanya