> > Presumably ... you can put linear algebra libraries somewhere too?
Well, yes and maybe. There are a number of USE_SYSTEM_* overrides available, but I'm not sure if they all provide a way to indicate which specific one to use, as there is with the LLVM_CONFIG. (perhaps Tony will clarify. and I'm sure a PR to this effect would be welcomed if it's not available now) On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:55 AM, milktrader <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the Make.user suggestion. I have an idea on how to make that > work. Presumably (and this is not part of the original post) you > can put linear algebra libraries somewhere too? > > > On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 11:11:56 AM UTC-4, Isaiah wrote: >> >> It should be possible to use an existing LLVM build by setting the >> following in Make.user: >> >> USE_SYSTEM_LLVM=1 >> LLVM_CONFIG=/path/to/llvm-config >> >> If you build LLVM manually you will need to be sure to apply the patches >> specified in `deps/Makefile`. >> >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 10:54 AM, milktrader <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I like this solution and I've been using git from the beginning until I >>> decided I needed to have multiple versions of Julia around at the same >>> time, with the ability to open each version whenever I choose. >>> >>> My still rough implementation of this is to rename *julia* to other >>> names based on version numbers >>> >>> [julia (master)] >>> ✈ chefs >>> >>> 0.3.11 ..... kevin >>> 0.4-rc1 ..... wanda >>> 0.4-rc4 ..... frida >>> 0.4-0 ..... julius >>> >>> So this is straightforward to do the hard way (which is how I'm doing it >>> now) by simply building each julia version from scratch. >>> >>> How would this work with using git versus tar files? >>> >>> On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 10:37:06 AM UTC-4, Tero Frondelius >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> git clone https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia.git >>>> cd julia >>>> make >>>> >>>> >>>> after update in julia folder: >>>> git fetch >>>> git branch v0.4.1 >>>> make >>>> >>>> >>>> Maybe some fine tuning in commands, but basically drop the method of >>>> downloading tar and start using git. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 5:21:36 PM UTC+3, milktrader wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm downloading full tar files for each new Julia version and of >>>>> course it comes with LLVM. I'd like to avoid building LLVM every single >>>>> time and have it compiled once, and available for all the new Julia >>>>> releases (that use that LLVM version of course). >>>>> >>>>> Any pointers? >>>>> >>>>> Dan >>>>> >>>> >>
