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Date:      Sat, 12 Jan 2019 17:41:43 +0100
From:      Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com>
To:        Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@gmail.com>, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mesa-dri uses llvm60
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On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 5:25 PM Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Jan 2019, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 08:36:38 -0500
> > Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Andreas Nilsson writes:
> >>
> >>>  As far as I know full llvm is needed ( or at least used to be )
> >>>  because the one in base is missing a few key pieces used for
> >>>  mesa-dri.
> >>
> >>      Aha!
> >>
> >
> > Right, it needs at least llvm-config, which is not in base.  Pity.
>
> Just thinking out loud, can the missing llvm bits be a port,
> such that building the missing pieces use what's already
> in base?
>
> --
> DE
>

It probably could, at least technically. But it would probably not be a
good idea, having some bits in / and some bits in /usr/local . Also, if a
newer mesa-dri would depend on a newer llvm than whats in base, that would
prohibit any update to mesa-dri.

/A



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