[llvm-dev] Windows binaries and LLVM_INSTALL_TOOLCHAIN_ONLY

[Tony Kelman via llvm-dev]

Hans Wennborg via llvm-dev <llvm-dev <at> lists.llvm.org> writes:

> This comes up now and then.
> 
> Yes, the packages would be a lot bigger, but IIRC the problem is also
> that we don't have a good way to build to build LLVM into a shared
> library on Windows that's suitable for shipping. I don't remember the
> details here; maybe Reid does.

Some of the other platforms' binaries look like they also ship static
libraries, and that would be more useful than no libraries at all IMO.

I believe the issue with the dll build is marking symbols for dllexport.

-Tony