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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md b/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md index 05c97e5..17c9991 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md @@ -395,6 +395,17 @@ llvm_dep = dependency( ) ``` +### Using LLVM tools +When using LLVM as library but also needing its tools, it is often beneficial to use the same version. +This can partially be achieved with the `version` argument of `find_program()`. +However, distributions tend to package different LLVM versions in rather different ways. +Therefore, it is often better to use the llvm dependency directly to retrieve the tools: + +```meson +llvm_dep = dependency('llvm', version : ['>= 8', '< 9']) +llvm_link = find_program(llvm_dep.get_variable(configtool: 'bindir') / 'llvm-link') +``` + ## MPI *(added 0.42.0)* |