[llvm-dev] difference with autotools, cmake and ninja building methods

[Chris Bieneman via llvm-dev]

The autotools build system is officially deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

CMake is the recommended configuration system, but it is only a configuration system. It generates build files for multiple different build systems. One of the most popular build systems is Ninja. You cannot build LLVM with Ninja without using CMake, but CMake doesn’t require Ninja. You can use CMake to generate Makefiles as well as Xcode and Visual Studio projects, and more.

This page has the LLVM project’s documentation on using CMake: http://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html <http://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html>

-Chris

> On Nov 29, 2015, at 7:52 PM, 慕冬亮 via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
>    When I see one book about llvm and choose the building method
> between autotools, cmake, and ninja building methods, I was confused.
> Is there any link about this content?
>    Thanks for reply.
> 
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