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Date:      Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:32:45 -0700
From:      "K. Macy" <kmacy@freebsd.org>
To:        Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [CFT]: ClangBSD is selfhosting, we need testers now
Message-ID:  <g2s82c4140e1004221632zc32050arccd4b352f5352786@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100416160818.GA69460@freebsd.org>
References:  <20100416160818.GA69460@freebsd.org>

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The current llvm-devel package is woefully out of date. Anyone wishing
to try this will need to compile the latest port.

-Kip


On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> wrote=
:
> Hi,
>
> ClangBSD is a branch of FreeBSD that aims at integrating clang (clang.llv=
m.org)
> into FreeBSD, replacing GCC as a system compiler.
>
> Recently, we've achieved the state when clang can compile all of FreeBSD =
world
> on i386/amd64 platforms (including all the C++ apps we have and itself)
> and a bootable kernel. Thus we feel that the time has come to ask the Fre=
eBSD
> community for wider testing on i386/amd64 (you sure can help with other
> platforms too :)).
>
> How to setup ClangBSD:
>
> The default configuration of ClangBSD requires clang installed so you can
> either install fresh llvm-devel port (portinstall devel/llvm-devel) or ch=
ange
> CC to "gcc" and CXX to "g++" in share/mk/sys.mk. I recommend the former.
>
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0svn co http://svn.freebsd.org/base/projects/clangbsd/ clan=
gbsd
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0cd clangbsd && make buildworld
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0echo NO_WERROR=3D >> /etc/make.conf
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0echo WERROR=3D =A0 =A0>> /etc/make.conf
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0make DESTDIR=3D/clangbsd-chroot/ installworld
>
>
> now you have ClangBSD world installed and you can chroot into it. I don't
> recommend installing ClangBSD into real root as it is not tested enough.
>
> You can also start using clang compiled kernel - either build the kernel =
in
> the ClangBSD chroot (set NO_WERROR=3Dyo and WERROR=3Dyo in /etc/src.conf)=
 or set
> CC to clang and build kernel the normal way.
>
> This information (and more) is also provided on:
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://wiki.freebsd.org/BuildingFreeBSDWithClang
>
> We kindly ask you to setup ClangBSD chroot and/or use clang compiled kern=
el and
> use it as you would normally use FreeBSD. Please report back
>
> Thank you,
>
> =A0 Roman Divacky on behalf of the ClangBSD team
>



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