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| author | Eric Christopher <echristo@gmail.com> | 2016-01-04 23:22:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric Christopher <echristo@gmail.com> | 2016-01-04 23:22:43 +0000 |
| commit | 7fdf13ed48a8dfbd6e8561e5ac573cc395ffbf1b (patch) | |
| tree | 5775b047767e20544b418d0091e47fee6fc787d5 /docs/CMake.rst | |
| parent | 0ecf67f2feadcd0539f206aa9735a5e5c99d7ed5 (diff) | |
Update docs to recommend CMake >= v3.2.
CMake v3.2 or newer is necessary to get interactive output when running
Lit via Ninja. Otherwise Ninja will buffer Lit's output, which makes
for a crummy experience -- you can't tell if your tests are hung!
Patch by Justin Lebar!
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@256791 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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diff --git a/docs/CMake.rst b/docs/CMake.rst index 38199e5cc58..9ec6b0a2416 100644 --- a/docs/CMake.rst +++ b/docs/CMake.rst @@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ Quick start We use here the command-line, non-interactive CMake interface. #. `Download <http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html>`_ and install - CMake. Version 2.8.8 is the minimum required. + CMake. Version 2.8.8 is the minimum required, but if you're using the Ninja + backend, CMake v3.2 or newer is required to `get interactive output + <http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20141117/244797.html>`_ + when running :doc:`Lit <CommandGuide/lit>`. #. Open a shell. Your development tools must be reachable from this shell through the PATH environment variable. |