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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ # The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure -This directory and its subdirectories contain source code for LLVM, +This directory and its sub-directories contain source code for LLVM, a toolkit for the construction of highly optimized compilers, -optimizers, and runtime environments. +optimizers, and run-time environments. The README briefly describes how to get started with building LLVM. For more information on how to contribute to the LLVM project, please @@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ The LLVM Getting Started documentation may be out of date. The [Clang Getting Started](http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html) page might have more accurate information. -This is an example workflow and configuration to get and build the LLVM source: +This is an example work-flow and configuration to get and build the LLVM source: -1. Checkout LLVM (including related subprojects like Clang): +1. Checkout LLVM (including related sub-projects like Clang): * ``git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git`` @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ This is an example workflow and configuration to get and build the LLVM source: * ``cmake -G <generator> [options] ../llvm`` - Some common generators are: + Some common build system generators are: * ``Ninja`` --- for generating [Ninja](https://ninja-build.org) build files. Most llvm developers use Ninja. @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ This is an example workflow and configuration to get and build the LLVM source: Some Common options: * ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS='...'`` --- semicolon-separated list of the LLVM - subprojects you'd like to additionally build. Can include any of: clang, + sub-projects you'd like to additionally build. Can include any of: clang, clang-tools-extra, libcxx, libcxxabi, libunwind, lldb, compiler-rt, lld, polly, or debuginfo-tests. @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ This is an example workflow and configuration to get and build the LLVM source: ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;libcxx;libcxxabi"``. * ``-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=directory`` --- Specify for *directory* the full - pathname of where you want the LLVM tools and libraries to be installed + path name of where you want the LLVM tools and libraries to be installed (default ``/usr/local``). * ``-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=type`` --- Valid options for *type* are Debug, @@ -85,20 +85,21 @@ This is an example workflow and configuration to get and build the LLVM source: * ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=On`` --- Compile with assertion checks enabled (default is Yes for Debug builds, No for all other build types). - * Run your build tool of choice! + * ``cmake --build . [-- [options] <target>]`` or your build system specified above + directly. * The default target (i.e. ``ninja`` or ``make``) will build all of LLVM. * The ``check-all`` target (i.e. ``ninja check-all``) will run the regression tests to ensure everything is in working order. - * CMake will generate build targets for each tool and library, and most + * CMake will generate targets for each tool and library, and most LLVM sub-projects generate their own ``check-<project>`` target. - * Running a serial build will be *slow*. To improve speed, try running a - parallel build. That's done by default in Ninja; for ``make``, use - ``make -j NNN`` (NNN is the number of parallel jobs, use e.g. number of - CPUs you have.) + * Running a serial build will be **slow**. To improve speed, try running a + parallel build. That's done by default in Ninja; for ``make``, use the option + ``-j NNN``, where ``NNN`` is the number of parallel jobs, e.g. the number of + CPUs you have. * For more information see [CMake](https://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html) |