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authorGabor Greif <ggreif@gmail.com>2009-03-02 19:08:05 +0000
committerGabor Greif <ggreif@gmail.com>2009-03-02 19:08:05 +0000
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<li>I've built LLVM and am testing it, but the tests freeze.</li>
<li>Why do test results differ when I perform different types of builds?</li>
<li>Compiling LLVM with GCC 3.3.2 fails, what should I do?</li>
+ <li>Compiling LLVM with GCC succeeds, but the resulting tools do not work, what can be wrong?</li>
<li>When I use the test suite, all of the C Backend tests fail. What is
wrong?</li>
<li>After Subversion update, rebuilding gives the error "No rule to make
@@ -356,6 +357,17 @@ affects projects other than LLVM. Try upgrading or downgrading your GCC.</p>
</div>
<div class="question">
+<p>Compiling LLVM with GCC succeeds, but the resulting tools do not work, what can be wrong?</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="answer">
+<p>Several versions of GCC have shown a weakness in miscompiling the LLVM codebase. Please
+consult your compiler version (<tt>gcc --version</tt>) to find out whether it is
+<a href="GettingStarted.html#brokengcc">broken</a>. If so, your only option is to upgrade
+GCC to a known good version.</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="question">
<p>After Subversion update, rebuilding gives the error "No rule to make
target".</p>
</div>