[Mageia-dev] Cannot compile LLVM/Clang under Mageia 1

[Thierry Vignaud]

On 7 February 2012 22:58, Dan Fandrich <dan at coneharvesters.com> wrote:
>> > I do need this compiler and think it can be useful for programmers.
>> >
>> > I thank you by advance for your help.
>> >
>> > Thomas Lottmann aka Skiper.
>>
>> bugzilla is about Mageia bugs, not about your own compilation issues.
>> So I closed this BR.
>
> The bug report was an RPM package request. The compile problem is really
> a side issue (although still relevant to whoever takes on the bug report
> eventually and packages clang). The bug report should be reopened unless
> it's deemed that clang is not to be packaged in Mageia at this time.

The package already exist so it cannot be a new package request.
It's just older in mga1 (but up to date in mga2)

The new LLVM release needs updating dependencies.
If one wants the newer LLVM, he should switch to cauldron or wait for mga2.
We won't update the build chain in mga1.