compiler-rt/docs/BuildingCompilerRT.md

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# Building Compiler-RT

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The instructions on this page are aimed at vendors who ship Compiler-RT as part of an
operating system distribution, a toolchain or similar shipping vehicles. If you
are a user merely trying to use Compiler-RT in your program, you most likely want to
refer to your vendor's documentation, or to the general documentation for using
LLVM, Clang, the various santizers, etc.

## CMake Options

Here are some of the CMake variables that are used often, along with a
brief explanation and LLVM-specific notes. For full documentation, check the
CMake docs or execute `cmake --help-variable VARIABLE_NAME`.

**CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE**:STRING

: Sets the build type for `make` based generators. Possible values are
  Release, Debug, RelWithDebInfo and MinSizeRel. On systems like Visual Studio
  the user sets the build type with the IDE settings.

**CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX**:PATH

: Path where LLVM will be installed if "make install" is invoked or the
  "INSTALL" target is built.

**CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER**:STRING

: The C++ compiler to use when building and testing Compiler-RT.

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### Compiler-RT specific options

:::{option} COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH:PATH

  **Default**: ```` (empty relative path)

  Prefix for directories where built Compiler-RT artifacts should be installed.
  Can be an absolute path, like the default empty string, in which case it is
  relative ``CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX``. If setting a relative path, make sure to
  include the ``:PATH`` with your ``-D``, i.e. use
  ``-DCOMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH:PATH=...`` not
  ``-DCOMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH=...``, otherwise CMake will convert the
  path to an absolute path.
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:::{option} COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR:PATH

  **Default**: ``lib``

  Path where built Compiler-RT libraries should be installed. If a relative
  path, relative to ``COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH``.
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:::{option} COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_BINARY_DIR:PATH

  **Default**: ``bin``

  Path where built Compiler-RT executables should be installed. If a relative
  path, relative to ``COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH``.
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:::{option} COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH

  **Default**: ``include``

  Path where Compiler-RT headers should be installed. If a relative
  path, relative to ``COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH``.
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:::{option} COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_DATA_DIR:PATH

  **Default**: ``share``

  Path where Compiler-RT data should be installed. If a relative
  path, relative to ``COMPILER_RT_INSTALL_PATH``.
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:::{option} COMPILER_RT_INCLUDE_TESTS:BOOL

  **Default**: ``LLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS`` in LLVM builds, ``OFF`` in standalone builds.

  Generate and build compiler-rt tests. If ``OFF``,
  ``COMPILER_RT_ENABLE_TEST_SUITES`` has no effect.
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:::{option} COMPILER_RT_ENABLE_TEST_SUITES:STRING

  **Default**: ``all``

  Semicolon-separated list of test suites to enable, or ``all`` to enable all
  test suites.
  Example: ``-DCOMPILER_RT_ENABLE_TEST_SUITES="asan;ubsan;lsan"``
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### LLVM-specific options

:::{option} LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX:STRING

  Extra suffix to append to the directory where libraries are to be
  installed. On a 64-bit architecture, one could use ``-DLLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX=64``
  to install libraries to ``/usr/lib64``.
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