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+.. _packaging:
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+========================
+Advice on Packaging LLVM
+========================
+
+.. contents::
+   :local:
+
+Overview
+========
+
+LLVM sets certain default configure options to make sure our developers don't
+break things for constrained platforms.  These settings are not optimal for most
+desktop systems, and we hope that packagers (e.g., Redhat, Debian, MacPorts,
+etc.) will tweak them.  This document lists settings we suggest you tweak.
+
+LLVM's API changes with each release, so users are likely to want, for example,
+both LLVM-2.6 and LLVM-2.7 installed at the same time to support apps developed
+against each.
+
+Compile Flags
+=============
+
+LLVM runs much more quickly when it's optimized and assertions are removed.
+However, such a build is currently incompatible with users who build without
+defining ``NDEBUG``, and the lack of assertions makes it hard to debug problems
+in user code.  We recommend allowing users to install both optimized and debug
+versions of LLVM in parallel.  The following configure flags are relevant:
+
+``--disable-assertions``
+    Builds LLVM with ``NDEBUG`` defined.  Changes the LLVM ABI.  Also available
+    by setting ``DISABLE_ASSERTIONS=0|1`` in ``make``'s environment.  This
+    defaults to enabled regardless of the optimization setting, but it slows
+    things down.
+
+``--enable-debug-symbols``
+    Builds LLVM with ``-g``.  Also available by setting ``DEBUG_SYMBOLS=0|1`` in
+    ``make``'s environment.  This defaults to disabled when optimizing, so you
+    should turn it back on to let users debug their programs.
+
+``--enable-optimized``
+    (For svn checkouts) Builds LLVM with ``-O2`` and, by default, turns off
+    debug symbols.  Also available by setting ``ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=0|1`` in
+    ``make``'s environment.  This defaults to enabled when not in a
+    checkout.
+
+C++ Features
+============
+
+RTTI
+    LLVM disables RTTI by default.  Add ``REQUIRES_RTTI=1`` to your environment
+    while running ``make`` to re-enable it.  This will allow users to build with
+    RTTI enabled and still inherit from LLVM classes.
+
+Shared Library
+==============
+
+Configure with ``--enable-shared`` to build
+``libLLVM-<major>.<minor>.(so|dylib)`` and link the tools against it.  This
+saves lots of binary size at the cost of some startup time.
+
+Dependencies
+============
+
+``--enable-libffi``
+    Depend on `libffi <http://sources.redhat.com/libffi/>`_ to allow the LLVM
+    interpreter to call external functions.
+
+``--with-oprofile``
+
+    Depend on `libopagent
+    <http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/doc/devel/index.html>`_ (>=version 0.9.4)
+    to let the LLVM JIT tell oprofile about function addresses and line
+    numbers.