[LLVMdev] NewNightlyTester.pl: split into phases?

[Tanya M. Lattner]

>> Am Samstag, den 08.03.2008, 14:02 -0800 schrieb Tanya Lattner:
>>> - ability to check out llvm-gcc or update llvm-gcc and build it
>>> before
>>> running tests.
>>
>> This seems to be a bit more complicated than I thought. There are
>> variations in the build process depending on whether it's a Darwin
>> system or not, installed gcc version, and presence or absence of
>> multilib extensions. I'm not sure that a simple-minded script can
>> reliably detect all the differences.
>
> IIUC, all target specific variations are in llvm-gcc configure
> options. In the beginning it is OK to let user specify llvm-gcc
> configure options.

I was going to suggest this as well. We should make it *really* simple in 
that you just specifiy the configure line options (environment variable?) 
and then we may need a couple extra building options for LLVM (ie. 
OPTIMIZE_OPTION=-O2).


-Tanya

>
> -
> Devang
>>
>> The alternative would be options and letting the user configure.
>>
>> Writing a script would be a difficult task, since it would have to be
>> tested on as many architectures and configurations as possible, with
>> the
>> developer having to rely on error reports to fix things (difficult,
>> lots
>> of work, slow progress).
>> Options, on the other hand, would tend to perpetuate current entry
>> barriers.
>>
>> I'm not too happy about either option, but probably a choice must be
>> made.
>> Which shall it be?
>>
>>> In addition to using a prebuilt binary.
>>
>> This would be simple, of course.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jo
>>
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