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On 2022-03-12, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 12/03/2022 18:03, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>> On 2022-03-12, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> On 12/03/2022 10:43, Dale wrote: |
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>>>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/767700 |
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>>>> Is that the one? It mentions the target but I don't quite understand |
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>>>> the why. The biggest thing, will this break something if I let it do |
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>>>> it? |
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>>> No. Unlike GCC, LLVM/Clang is always a cross-compiler. |
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>> You can't use LLVM/Clang to compile for the host on which it's |
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>> running? |
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> Why not? |
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Because "LLVM/Clang is always a cross compiler". |
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A cross compiler is a compiler that compiles for a target |
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architecture/OS different than that of the host on which it is |
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running. |
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Therefore, LLVM/Clang always compiles for a target architecture/OS |
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different than that of the host on which it is running. |
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Grant |
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