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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:05:32 -0600 (CST)
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From: Chris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org>
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To: LLVMdev List <llvmdev@cs.uiuc.edu>
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Subject: What is test/Libraries?
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Hey everyone,
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There has recently been some confusion over what test/Libraries is and
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what it is used for. The short answer is: it's used when building GCC,
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not for tests, so you all shouldn't need to use it.
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test/Libraries contains the LLVM "system libraries", which are linked to
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programs when the linker is run with the appropriate -l switch (for
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example -lm links in the "math" library). In general, these libraries are
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just stubbed out libraries, because noone has had the time to do a full
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glibc port to LLVM.
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Problems arise because the makefiles have a number of hardcoded paths in
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it that are used to copy files around and install the libraries, which
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cause problems if anyone (except for me) uses them. I'm sorry a better
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system isn't in place yet for these libraries, but if you just ignore
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them, they won't cause you any harm. :)
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-Chris
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