This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes. Closed by commit rG029290f1a623: [lldb/docs] Clarify python/swig version incompatibility (authored by labath).
Changed prior to commit: https://reviews.llvm.org/D88906?vs=296474&id=296657#toc Repository: rG LLVM Github Monorepo CHANGES SINCE LAST ACTION https://reviews.llvm.org/D88906/new/ https://reviews.llvm.org/D88906 Files: lldb/docs/resources/build.rst Index: lldb/docs/resources/build.rst =================================================================== --- lldb/docs/resources/build.rst +++ lldb/docs/resources/build.rst @@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ > pkgin install swig python27 cmake ninja-build > brew install swig cmake ninja +Note that there's an `incompatibility +<https://github.com/swig/swig/issues/1321>` between Python version 3.7 and later +and swig versions older than 4.0.0 which makes builds of LLDB using debug +versions of python unusable. This primarily affects Windows, as debug builds of +LLDB must use debug python as well. + Windows ******* @@ -83,10 +89,9 @@ * The latest Windows SDK. * The Active Template Library (ATL). * `GnuWin32 <http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/>`_ for CoreUtils and Make. -* `Python 3.6 or 3.8 <https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/>`_. Python 3.7 - is known to be incompatible. Make sure to (1) get the x64 variant if that's - what you're targetting and (2) install the debug library if you want to build - a debug lldb. +* `Python 3 <https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/>`_. Make sure to (1) get + the x64 variant if that's what you're targetting and (2) install the debug + library if you want to build a debug lldb. * `Python Tools for Visual Studio <https://github.com/Microsoft/PTVS/releases>`_. If you plan to debug test failures or even write new tests at all, PTVS is an indispensable debugging
Index: lldb/docs/resources/build.rst =================================================================== --- lldb/docs/resources/build.rst +++ lldb/docs/resources/build.rst @@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ > pkgin install swig python27 cmake ninja-build > brew install swig cmake ninja +Note that there's an `incompatibility +<https://github.com/swig/swig/issues/1321>` between Python version 3.7 and later +and swig versions older than 4.0.0 which makes builds of LLDB using debug +versions of python unusable. This primarily affects Windows, as debug builds of +LLDB must use debug python as well. + Windows ******* @@ -83,10 +89,9 @@ * The latest Windows SDK. * The Active Template Library (ATL). * `GnuWin32 <http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/>`_ for CoreUtils and Make. -* `Python 3.6 or 3.8 <https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/>`_. Python 3.7 - is known to be incompatible. Make sure to (1) get the x64 variant if that's - what you're targetting and (2) install the debug library if you want to build - a debug lldb. +* `Python 3 <https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/>`_. Make sure to (1) get + the x64 variant if that's what you're targetting and (2) install the debug + library if you want to build a debug lldb. * `Python Tools for Visual Studio <https://github.com/Microsoft/PTVS/releases>`_. If you plan to debug test failures or even write new tests at all, PTVS is an indispensable debugging
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