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diff --git a/llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.rst b/llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.rst index 7e46ac4e8e6..8d9668e4eec 100644 --- a/llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.rst +++ b/llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.rst @@ -545,14 +545,15 @@ methods. Within GDB, for example, you can usually use something like ``call DAG.viewGraph()`` to pop up a window. Alternatively, you can sprinkle calls to these functions in your code in places you want to debug. -Getting this to work requires a small amount of configuration. On Unix systems +Getting this to work requires a small amount of setup. On Unix systems with X11, install the `graphviz <http://www.graphviz.org>`_ toolkit, and make sure 'dot' and 'gv' are in your path. If you are running on Mac OS X, download and install the Mac OS X `Graphviz program <http://www.pixelglow.com/graphviz/>`_ and add ``/Applications/Graphviz.app/Contents/MacOS/`` (or wherever you install it) to -your path. Once in your system and path are set up, rerun the LLVM configure -script and rebuild LLVM to enable this functionality. +your path. The programs need not be present when configuring, building or +running LLVM and can simply be installed when needed during an active debug +session. ``SelectionDAG`` has been extended to make it easier to locate *interesting* nodes in large complex graphs. From gdb, if you ``call DAG.setGraphColor(node, |
