mesa-dri uses llvm60

[Andreas Nilsson]

On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 1:58 PM Robert Huff <roberthuff at rcn.com> wrote:

>
> Gary Jennejohn writes:
>
> >  >    Is it posible to use the system compiler (7.0) on amd64?
> >
> >  You could try editing Makefile.common to remove all the LLVM cruft
> >  and just leave CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --enable-llvm there.
> >
> >  But some changes in Makefile may still be needed.  Didn't look at
> >  it that closely.
>
>         Unfortunately, a) beyond my skill-set and b) probably take too
> much time.  What I was sort of fishing for was "Is this just inertia,
> or is there a known affirmative reason it won't work?".
>         (I was also sort of hoping someone for whom neither (a) or (b)
> are true would look, say "That makes no sense.", and do the work.
> Busted. :-)
>
>
>                         Respectfully,
>
>
>                                 Robert Huff
>
>
>
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. Are you running
some very special hardware where 800Mb is a problem and where you have to
build it yourself? It is available as a package...

Best regards
Andreas