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Date:      Mon, 13 May 2013 07:26:04 -0700
From:      Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>
To:        Jukka Ukkonen <jau@oxit.fi>
Cc:        FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Is it possible to build FreeBSD/ppc (32 bit) using the current clang 3.2?
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No, clang for ppc32 target is incomplete. There are currently two glaring
missing features-- thread-local storage and position independent code. TLS
may not be necessary to build world, but PIC most certainly is, for
building the shared libraries.

- Justin
On May 12, 2013 5:50 AM, "Jukka Ukkonen" <jau@oxit.fi> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> The subject line already pretty much covered my question.
> Should I try to build FreeBSD/ppc (32 bit) using the current clang 3.2?
> If it is known to be a "no-go", it would be nice to hear the news.
> OTOH, if FreeBSD-9.1 + PPC + Clang-3.2 is expected to be a working
> combination, I would be quite interested in changing the compilers.
>
> Cheers,
> --jau
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