[LLVMdev] llvm/clang test failures on powerpc-darwin8

[David Fang]

>> These results have far fewer failures than svn-trunk, and are also
>> comparable to bootstrapping with gcc-4.6.2, summarized here:
>> http://paste.lisp.org/display/126363
>> (Unfortunately, I no longer have the whole build/test log for the gcc46 bootstrap.)
>> This consistency between different bootstraps of the release gives me
>> some hope that g++-4.0.1 is yet usable.
>
> David,
>   Another alternative for darwin8 would be to bootstrap llvm/clang 3.0 using
> the clang from the fink llvm29 package (since clang 2.9 should build fine against
> gcc-4.0.1).
>            Jack

Hi Jack,
 	I never managed to successfully build llvm29 on powerpc-darwin8, 
after running into some build issues, and having filed bug 9958, I got the 
impression of ppc-darwin being "not supported", so I didn't put much more 
effort into it back then.  However llvm28 did build, and I still have 
it installed and hidden away.  (It looks like *someone* runs ppc-darwin 
a buildbot, but not for darwin8.)  Knowing what I've learned so far, the 
effort would be similar, perhaps even duplicate to just trying to fix 
things directly with g++-4.0.1.  Time will tell, I suppose.

Fang


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David Fang
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