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Add note about broken GCC

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Chris Lattner 2005-02-12 20:11:13 +00:00
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@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ href="CFEBuildInstrs.html">try to compile it</a> on your platform.</p>
<p>LLVM is very demanding of the host C++ compiler, and as such tends to expose
bugs in the compiler. In particular, several versions of GCC crash when trying
to compile LLVM. We routinely use GCC 3.3.3 and GCC 3.4.0 and have had success
with them. Other versions of GCC will probably work as well. GCC versions listed
with them (except on Cygwin, see below). Other versions of GCC will probably
work as well. GCC versions listed
here are known to not work. If you are using one of these versions, please try
to upgrade your GCC to something more recent. If you run into a problem with a
version of GCC not listed here, please <a href="mailto:llvmdev@cs.uiuc.edu">let
@ -475,6 +476,10 @@ problems in the STL that effectively prevent it from compiling LLVM.
<p><b>GCC 3.3.2</b>: This version of GCC suffered from a <a
href="http://gcc.gnu.org/PR13392">serious bug</a> which causes it to crash in
the "<tt>convert_from_eh_region_ranges_1</tt>" GCC function.</p>
<p><b>GCC 3.3.3</b>: The version of GCC 3.3.3 commonly shipped with Cygwin does
not work. Please <a href="CFEBuildInstrs.html#cygwin">upgrade to a newer
version</a> if possible. Note that this apparently only affects Cygwin.</p>
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