[llvm-dev] What is compiler-rt for?

[David Chisnall via llvm-dev]

On 2 Sep 2015, at 10:55, Russell Wallace via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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> The name and documentation both suggest it contains essential runtime functions for use by generated code. However, it's offered as an extra optional download, and when I omit it, the entire cycle of compiling a program with clang and running the resulting executable still seems to work fine. What am I missing?

You most likely have something equivalent (e.g. libgcc) installed already.

David