On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 11:10:58PM +0100, tech-lists wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a way to make ports use system clang & llvm (now at v5) rather than > pulling in llvm4? If so, please tell me what it is!
Short verison: no. Longer version: Ports that depend on a specific LLVM version typically do so because they link to LLVM libraries. LLVM provides *no* API stability between releases so programs can only link to a narrow range of LLVM versions (1 version is common) and we can not ship the libraries with the base system because we would then be stuck with a single LLVM and clang version for the life of a STABLE branch (usually 5+ years). -- Brooks
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