Remove most references to LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH. It now only exists in the
GettingStarted.html document in the environment section and only as an
optional feature.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@18944 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
diff --git a/docs/GettingStarted.html b/docs/GettingStarted.html
index e57defd..cb81b19 100644
--- a/docs/GettingStarted.html
+++ b/docs/GettingStarted.html
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@
<li>Build the LLVM Suite:
<ol>
- <li>Set your LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH environment variable.</li>
<li><tt>gmake -k |& tee gnumake.out
# this is csh or tcsh syntax</tt></li>
<li>If you get an "internal compiler error (ICE)" see <a href="#brokengcc">below</a>.</li>
@@ -548,17 +547,16 @@
<tt>.cshrc</tt> or <tt>.profile</tt>.
<dl>
- <dt><tt>LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH</tt>=<tt><i>LLVMGCCDIR</i>/lib</tt>
- <dd>
- This environment variable helps the LLVM GCC front end find bytecode
- libraries that it will need for compilation.
- <p>
+ <dt><tt>LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH</tt>=<tt>/path/to/your/bytecode/libs</tt></dt>
+ <dd>This environment variable helps LLVM linking tools find the locations
+ of your bytecode libraries. It is optional and provided only a convenience
+ since you can specify the paths using the -L options of the tools.</dd>
- <dt>alias llvmgcc <i>LLVMGCCDIR</i><tt>/bin/gcc</tt>
- <dt>alias llvmg++ <i>LLVMGCCDIR</i><tt>/bin/g++</tt>
- <dd>
- These aliases allow you to use the LLVM C and C++ front ends without putting
- them in your <tt>PATH</tt> or typing in their complete pathnames.
+ <dt>alias llvmgcc <i>LLVMGCCDIR</i><tt>/bin/gcc</tt></dt>
+ <dt>alias llvmg++ <i>LLVMGCCDIR</i><tt>/bin/g++</tt></dt>
+ <dd></dt>These aliases allow you to use the LLVM C and C++ front ends
+ without putting them in your <tt>PATH</tt> or typing in their complete
+ pathnames.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
@@ -802,16 +800,6 @@
<p>
</ol>
-<p>In addition to running <tt>configure</tt>, you must set the
-<tt>LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH</tt> environment variable in your startup shell
-scripts. This environment variable is used to locate "system" libraries like
-"<tt>-lc</tt>" and "<tt>-lm</tt>" when linking. This variable should be set to
-the absolute path of the <tt>lib</tt> subdirectory of the GCC front
-end, or <i>LLVMGCCDIR</i>/<tt>lib</tt>. For example, one might set
-<tt>LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH</tt> to
-<tt>/home/vadve/lattner/local/x86/llvm-gcc/lib</tt> for the x86
-version of the GCC front end on our research machines.</p>
-
</div>
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