LLVM is very demanding of the host C++ compiler, and as such tends to expose
bugs in the compiler. In particular, several versions of GCC crash when trying
to compile LLVM. We routinely use GCC 3.3.3 and GCC 3.4.0 and have had success
-with them. Other versions of GCC will probably work as well. GCC versions listed
+with them (except on Cygwin, see below). Other versions of GCC will probably
+work as well. GCC versions listed
here are known to not work. If you are using one of these versions, please try
to upgrade your GCC to something more recent. If you run into a problem with a
version of GCC not listed here, please let
@@ -475,6 +476,10 @@ problems in the STL that effectively prevent it from compiling LLVM.
GCC 3.3.2: This version of GCC suffered from a serious bug which causes it to crash in
the "convert_from_eh_region_ranges_1" GCC function. GCC 3.3.3: The version of GCC 3.3.3 commonly shipped with Cygwin does
+ not work. Please upgrade to a newer
+ version if possible. Note that this apparently only affects Cygwin.