Re: [boost] Using clang built with MSYS/Mingw on Windows

Subject: Re: [boost] Using clang built with MSYS/Mingw on Windows
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-07-05 18:19:22

On 7/5/2011 6:16 PM, Edward Diener wrote:
> I have been able to build clang using MSYS using the instructions on the
> clang web site. Everything appears to have built correctly except for a
> problem building the llvm sample program which I reported, and nobody
> has responded to. So I will ignore the problem as I see I have a
> clang.exe and a clang++.exe in the build/llvm/Debug+Asserts/bin directory.
>
> I have a number of questions:
>
> 1) Do I need to re-run 'configure' followed by 'make' each time I get
> the latest llvm and clang from SVN, or is running 'make' good enough.
>
> 2) How does clang find its headers and libraries ? In the clang User
> Manual under "Operating System Features and Limitations" for Mingw32 it
> says:
>
> "MinGW32
>
> Clang works on some mingw32 distributions. Clang assumes directories as
> below;
>
> C:/mingw/include
> C:/mingw/lib
> C:/mingw/lib/gcc/mingw32/4.[3-5].0/include/c++"
>
> This is a little confusing to me. When running clang, built through
> MSYS, does clang understands Windows paths or does it need to be run
> from within MSYS and therefore understand only Linux-like paths ? The
> note suggests the former.
>
> 3) Can clang handle the Windows header files used by gcc in its include
> directory as specified above ?
>
> 4) What is the difference between clang and clang++.exe ?
>
> I do not mean to be critical because I know that many developers are
> working to make clang better, but the online Users Manual is pretty
> sparse in information, so I am hoping someone can help me here or point
> me to better explanations.
>
> I want to use clang to test out Boost libraries on which I am working. I
> heavily prefer staying on Windows so I am hoping I can use clang there.
> Thanks !

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