[LLVMdev] Windows interface for clang

[Chandler Carruth]

This seems more relevant to cfe-dev.

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 5:54 PM Russell Wallace <russell.wallace at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've finally developed what I think is a general solution to the problem
> of building existing Windows programs with clang:
>
> https://github.com/russellw/wic
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_russellw_wic&d=AwMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=Mfk2qtn1LTDThVkh6-oGglNfMADXfJdty4_bhmuhMHA&m=YcMBbXwHtljUfWVgVj2K7c0HnM4QQ2Sd4WtVqHO3j44&s=22Z4NBDsx6r8TP5ejuUidL-0utuXnYJD8d50OjYxKRo&e=>
>

You seem to be struggling with the need to name the binary 'cl.exe'. Last
time I checked, we installed clang-cl.exe under that name in a specialized
director specifically so you can use build systems relying on that name.

-Chandler


>
>
> Using this, I've managed to run attempted builds of Python, Ruby and Perl.
>
> Python 2.7 works - it generates a python.exe that at least passes a
> preliminary smoke test.
>
> Perl generates an executable that crashes partway through the build. I'll
> try to narrow it down further.
>
> Ruby fails with an error message at the configuration step. I'm trying to
> find out why; it might be something easily fixable.
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