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authorAnton Korobeynikov <asl@math.spbu.ru>2009-08-06 12:54:58 +0000
committerAnton Korobeynikov <asl@math.spbu.ru>2009-08-06 12:54:58 +0000
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Add note about msys perl needed for windows/mingw32 builds.
Patch by John Thompson! llvm-svn: 78304
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@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ software you will need.</p>
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<tr>
<td>MinGW/Win32</td>
- <td>x86<sup><a href="#pf_1">1</a>,<a href="#pf_6">6</a>,<a href="#pf_8">8</a></sup></td>
+ <td>x86<sup><a href="#pf_1">1</a>,<a href="#pf_6">6</a>,
+ <a href="#pf_8">8</a>, <a href="#pf_10">10</a></sup></td>
<td>GCC 3.4.X, binutils 2.15</td>
</tr>
</table>
@@ -325,6 +326,11 @@ up</a></li>
levels greater than 0 (i.e., <i>"-O1"</i> and higher).
Add <i>OPTIMIZE_OPTION="-O0"</i> to the build command line
if compiling for LLVM Release or bootstrapping the LLVM toolchain.</li>
+<li><a name="pf_10">For MSYS/MinGW on Windows, be sure to install the MSYS
+ version of the perl package, and be sure it appears in your path
+ before any Windows-based versions such as Strawberry Perl and
+ ActivePerl, as these have Windows-specifics that will cause the
+ build to fail.</a></li>
</ol>
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