[LLVMdev] Fwd: RFC: "Building with MinGW on Windows" (DOC, NEW)

[Mikael Lyngvig]

MSbuild should go into the MSVC document, I think.  I'll probably look into
converting it to Sphinx within not too long.  I just have a few things I
need to do first.

2012/6/17 NAKAMURA Takumi <geek4civic at gmail.com>

> 2012/6/16 Justin Holewinski <justin.holewinski at gmail.com>:
> > Under Python installation, you mention that Python is only needed for the
> > test suite.  This is not true, as the normal LLVM build still requires
> > Python.
>
> That's right. Now, python>=2.4 is essential.
> (In contrast, perl is not required, IIRC)
>
> > I would seriously consider splitting this up into "building LLVM/Clang"
> and
> > then "getting and running the test suite."  At first glance, a Windows
> user
> > may get overwhelmed by the number of steps that are listed in this
> document.
> >  But only a handful of them are actually needed if you just want to build
> > LLVM/Clang and do not care about the test suite.  Or at the very least
> > include a Windows quick-start guide at the beginning which just lists
> > Python, CMake, and MinGW.  And then introduce Subversion if they want the
> > latest sources, then everything else if they want to run the test suite.
>
> As long as building llvm and clang with cmake on win32,
> We may say, "Choose your compiler, mingw32-gcc.exe or ms cl.exe (or,
> mingw32-clang.exe)"
> Processes among compilers would be similar.
>
> Suggested sections;
>
>  - Install CMake
>  - Install Python
>    - Install VS Express (optional)
>    - Install mingw32 (optional)
>    - Install MSYS (optional)
>  - Configure your build with cmake
>    - Build and install on VS
>    - Build and install on MSYS (or mingw32 cmd.exe)
>  - Inter-platform testing with Lit
>  - Run test-suite with Cygwin (optional! Also Takumi has not tried ever!)
>
> BTW, shall we introduce "msbuild" here, too?
>
> msbuild -m -nologo -v:m tools\clang\test\clang-test.vcxproj
> -p:Configuration=%1
>
> ...Takumi
>
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