[LLVMdev] Generating incorrect bitcode file

[Charles Davis]

On 4/16/10 12:17 AM, Nick Lewycky wrote:
> Pranav Garg wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am generating the .bc file using the following command
>>
>> $ llvm-gcc -emit-llvm -S -o pointer.bc ../../../test/pointer.c
>>
>> But when I run any pass using opt it gives the following error :
>> $ ./opt -basicaa pointer.bc
>> ./opt: Bitcode stream should be a multiple of 4 bytes in length
>>
>> Is there something wrong with the way I generate the .bc file  ?
> 
> Based on those flags you should have a text file. Pass -c instead of -S, 
> or use llvm-as to turn your file (which is actually better named 
> pointer.bc) into a .bc file.
Don't you mean 'pointer.ll'?

Chip