Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/lang/llvm

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, May 07, 2021 at 10:49:20AM +0000, nia wrote:
> On Fri, May 07, 2021 at 12:36:19PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > On Fri, May 07, 2021 at 07:14:48AM +0000, Nia Alarie wrote:
> > > Module Name:      pkgsrc
> > > Committed By:     nia
> > > Date:             Fri May  7 07:14:48 UTC 2021
> > > 
> > > Modified Files:
> > >   pkgsrc/lang/llvm: Makefile
> > > 
> > > Log Message:
> > > llvm: Not for Alpha or VAX.
> > 
> > Huh? There is no reason why LLVM can't be built and used on Alpha. I
> > would expect some problems on VAX, but even that shouldn't be ruled out.
> > 
> > Joerg
> 
> The commit that removed the Alpha backend also made it so LLVM
> refuses to configure on Alpha.
> 
> If you think LLVM is still useful on Alpha without the backend,
> I would file this as an upstream bug.

Of course it is useful without a (native) backend. It can still be used
as cross-compiler.

Joerg