Does llvm/clang still need MinGW gcc after built?

Question

I am new to llvm/clang and have successfully built clang with MinGW.

I have one simple question - is MinGW gcc still needed for clang to work as a c/c++ compiler?

Thanks, jweiboman

Answer 1

Right now - unfortunately, yes. clang will use gcc to assemble / link the stuff. This is necessary to e.g. provide the proper cmdline for linker invocation adding CRT objects & libraries.

As soon as someone will provide the the complete "toolchain" definition for mingw in clang, this won't be necessary. Only assembler and linker (part of binutils) will be required.