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@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ follows:</p>
<li>Note also that Python is needed for running the test suite.
Get it at: <a href="http://www.python.org/download">
http://www.python.org/download</a></li>
+ <li>Standard build process uses CMake. Get it at:
+ <a href="http://www.cmake.org/download">
+ http://www.cmake.org/download</a></li>
</ul>
<li>Checkout LLVM:
@@ -75,17 +78,21 @@ follows:</p>
</li>
<li>Build LLVM and Clang:
<ul>
- <li><tt>mkdir build</tt> (for building without polluting the source dir)
- </li>
+ <li><tt>mkdir build</tt> (in-tree build is not supported)</li>
<li><tt>cd build</tt></li>
- <li><tt>../llvm/configure</tt></li>
+ <li><tt>cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" ../llvm</tt></li>
<li><tt>make</tt></li>
<li>This builds both LLVM and Clang for debug mode.</li>
- <li>Note: For subsequent Clang development, you can just do make at the
- clang directory level.</li>
- <li>It is also possible to use CMake instead of the makefiles. With CMake
- it is possible to generate project files for several IDEs: Xcode, Eclipse
- CDT4, CodeBlocks, Qt-Creator (use the CodeBlocks generator), KDevelop3.</li>
+ <li>Note: For subsequent Clang development, you can just run
+ <tt>make clang</tt>.</li>
+ <li>CMake allows you to generate project files for several IDEs: Xcode,
+ Eclipse CDT4, CodeBlocks, Qt-Creator (use the CodeBlocks generator),
+ KDevelop3. For more details see
+ <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html">Building LLVM with CMake</a>
+ page.</li>
+ <li>You can also build Clang with
+ <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/BuildingLLVMWithAutotools.html">
+ autotools</a>, but some features may be unavailable there.</li>
</ul>
</li>
@@ -135,13 +142,13 @@ Visual Studio:</p>
<li>Get the required tools:
<ul>
<li><b>Subversion</b>. Source code control program. Get it from:
- <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/getting.html">
- http://subversion.tigris.org/getting.html</a></li>
+ <a href="http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html">
+ http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html</a></li>
<li><b>CMake</b>. This is used for generating Visual Studio solution and
project files. Get it from:
<a href="http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html">
http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html</a></li>
- <li><b>Visual Studio 2012 or later</b></li>
+ <li><b>Visual Studio 2013 or later</b></li>
<li><b>Python</b>. This is needed only if you will be running the tests
(which is essential, if you will be developing for clang).
Get it from:
@@ -173,7 +180,7 @@ Visual Studio:</p>
<li><tt>cd ..\..</tt> (back to where you started)</li>
<li><tt>mkdir build</tt> (for building without polluting the source dir)</li>
<li><tt>cd build</tt></li>
- <li>If you are using Visual Studio 2012: <tt>cmake -G "Visual Studio 11" ..\llvm</tt></li>
+ <li>If you are using Visual Studio 2013: <tt>cmake -G "Visual Studio 12" ..\llvm</tt></li>
<li>See the <a href="http://www.llvm.org/docs/CMake.html">LLVM CMake guide</a> for
more information on other configuration options for CMake.</li>
<li>The above, if successful, will have created an LLVM.sln file in the