From 3e41cd50b434a3e0411734b769b8886325bd2b4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reid Spencer
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:52:30 +0000
Subject: Add a blurb about using the GCC 3.4.3 compiler on Cygwin (which
works) for the CFE instead of the default GCC 3.3.3 compiler that comes with
Cygwin.
llvm-svn: 19104
---
llvm/docs/CFEBuildInstrs.html | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
(limited to 'llvm/docs')
diff --git a/llvm/docs/CFEBuildInstrs.html b/llvm/docs/CFEBuildInstrs.html
index d03759da80d..ebcfa845eff 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/CFEBuildInstrs.html
+++ b/llvm/docs/CFEBuildInstrs.html
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ located in a top-level directory (like /cygdrive/c/llvm and
(which includes your "home directory", because it lives under the "Documents
and Settings" directory). We welcome patches to fix this issue.
+It has been found that the GCC 3.3.3 compiler provided with recent Cygwin
+versions is incapable of compiling the LLVM CFE correctly. If your Cygwin
+installation includes GCC 3.3.3 we strongly recommend that you download
+GCC 3.4.3, build it separately, and use it for compiling LLVM CFE. This has been
+shown to work correctly.
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