[LLVMdev] Just got bitten by accidentally using the wrong gcc

[Duncan Sands]

Hi,

> There's a list at http://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html#brokengcc so
> there is a reasonable basis.
> The list isn't comprehensive, of course, and will likely grow in the
> future. OTOH extending it as new problems come up should be easy to do.

that list is not very reliable.  For example it says that gcc-4.1 is
problematic, but I never had any problems with it on ubuntu linux.  So
it's probably best to warn if a dubious tool is seen, rather than erroring
out.

Ciao,

Duncan.