[llvm-dev] [cfe-dev] RFC: Update LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX CMake variable for release candidates

Ben Boeckel via llvm-dev
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 16:52:47 -0000

On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 17:18:04 +0100, Harald van Dijk via cfe-dev
wrote:
> I was working on changing my own testing procedures for my own system to
> handle the current release candidate structure, where I am in much the
> same boat as distros, except on a smaller scale. Currently,
> llvm-12.0.0rc5.src.tar.xz and llvm-12.0.0.src.tar.xz are different
> files, but the only difference is that the former extracts to an
> llvm-12.0.0rc5.src directory whereas the latter extracts to a
> llvm-12.0.0.src directory, the archives are otherwise 100% identical,

How can it be; isn't at least the embedded `LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX`
different? Or am I confused at how `LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX` is encoded into
the build today?

--Ben