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Subject: Re: [TESTING]: ClangBSD branch needs testing before the import to 
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On Mon, 31 May 2010 06:11:32 -0500
Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> wrote:

> If I understand the build process correctly, it should be possible to
> have both compilers in base for some (presumably short) period of
> time... then just have which one you use be a configuration option,
> which should give LLVM/clang some additional exposure, without the
> obvious risks of a complete switch. It should be relatively simply to
> have "clang as a compile time option in base" then "clang as default
> with gcc as an option" then "clang only", as it proves itself out
> building the tree.

=46rom previous messages I don't think sparc64 is currently supported by
clang very well, if at all, so I think we'll still need gcc in the base
system for some time.

--=20
Bruce Cran