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Hi, |
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Since 10.0.0 final is around the corner, I'd like to take a minute to |
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inform developers of packaging changes in Gentoo that affect its |
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revdeps. Following frequently repeated requests from Gentoo developers |
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and users, LLVM 10 is stopping to use BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON, i.e. split |
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shared libraries. Instead, we'll be using the 'dylib' model recommended |
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upstream. |
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This means that sys-devel/{llvm,clang} no longer install those small |
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libLLVM*.so and libclang*.so files. Instead, one big libLLVM-${ver}.so |
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and libclang-cpp.so.${sover} are installed (yes, I know this historical |
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inconsistency sucks). Also note that Clang continues installing |
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libclang.so which is a *C* (not C++) library. |
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Most of LLVM revdeps should not have problem with LLVM dylib, as it was |
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the de-facto standard on other distros. llvm-config handles it |
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transparently. If you're dealing with a custom build system that |
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doesn't handle it, it's as simple as trying '-lLLVM' first (note that |
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you will '-L' due to slotting). |
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Clang revdeps may have trouble with clang-cpp library since it's |
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a fairly recent addition. Again, the solution is simple: '-lclang-cpp' |
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(repeating: do not confuse it with -lclang which is a different library |
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for historical reasons). |
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sys-devel/lld does not install any libraries anymore. If you ever need |
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them, please ping me and we'll try to come up with something upstream. |
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dev-util/lldb installs liblldb.so. However, I'm not familiar with that |
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library and I don't know if it has any consumers. |
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If you need any help, please don't hesitate to ping me. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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