[LLVMdev] Kill TestSuiteMakefileGuide.html?

[Sean Silva]

> to some extent llvm-gcc lives on in dragonegg, for example to build the
> testsuite using dragonegg you need to use the --with-llvmgccdir flag and
> do some tricks.  While I've got nothing against you substituting clang
> for llvm-gcc in the document, it would be nice to have a section that
> explains how to use dragonegg.  Even nicer would be to make the makefiles
> more generic, rather than hard-wiring in clang/llvm-gcc[*], so that pretty
> much any compiler can be easily used.

I haven't changed anything yet. In fact, it seems like you are
probably one of the best informed on competing forces for what the
document needs to say in that section, so maybe you could try your
hand at it?

-- Sean Silva

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Duncan Sands <baldrick at free.fr> wrote:
> Hi Sean,
>
>
> On 14/11/12 23:53, Sean Silva wrote:
>>
>> Sorry for the bother Jim, but I'm calling on you again for guidance
>> about llvm-gcc mentions. What should be done about the mention of
>> llvm-gcc on <http://llvm.org/docs/TestSuiteMakefileGuide.html>? Can we
>> just roughly s/llvm-gcc/clang/ ? Daniel, feel free to provide guidance
>> as well.
>
>
> to some extent llvm-gcc lives on in dragonegg, for example to build the
> testsuite using dragonegg you need to use the --with-llvmgccdir flag and
> do some tricks.  While I've got nothing against you substituting clang
> for llvm-gcc in the document, it would be nice to have a section that
> explains how to use dragonegg.  Even nicer would be to make the makefiles
> more generic, rather than hard-wiring in clang/llvm-gcc[*], so that pretty
> much any compiler can be easily used.
>
> Ciao, Duncan.
>
> [*] They used to be more generic, but in making life better for clangers
> Eric made life worse for dragoneggers, though I don't remember what the
> changes were exactly.
>
>
>> -- Sean Silva
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Daniel Dunbar <daniel.dunbar at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, LNT still uses the Makefiles underneath, and the
>>> Makefiles support a few users who use the more advanced hackery they
>>> support. We should keep it for the time being.
>>>
>>>   - Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 14, 2012, at 13:30, Sean Silva <silvas at purdue.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The top of the file says that it is deprecated in favor of LNT. Is
>>>> this document still needed? It makes mention of llvm-gcc as well...
>>>>
>>>> -- Sean Silva
>>
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