How to check the LLVM compiler version Xcode is using?

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4ae1e1 picture 4ae1e1 · Jan 6, 2013 · Viewed 18.3k times · Source

I'm using Xcode 4.5.2 on OS X 10.8.2. How do I know which version of LLVM compiler Xcode is using?

Answer

Andrew picture Andrew · Jan 6, 2013

From the command line:

07:40:35 andrew@iMac SalesIQ (siq-303)$ llvm-gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: i686-apple-darwin11
Configured with: /private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~67/src/configure --disable-checking --enable-werror --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/llvm-gcc-4.2 --mandir=/share/man --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --with-slibdir=/usr/lib --build=i686-apple-darwin11 - enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~67/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.11.00)
07:40:39 andrew@iMac SalesIQ (siq-303)$

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