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@@ -45,20 +45,20 @@ and software you will need.
Hardware
--------
-Any system that can adequately run Visual Studio 2012 is fine. The LLVM
+Any system that can adequately run Visual Studio 2013 is fine. The LLVM
source tree and object files, libraries and executables will consume
approximately 3GB.
Software
--------
-You will need Visual Studio 2012 or higher.
+You will need Visual Studio 2013 or higher.
You will also need the `CMake `_ build system since it
generates the project files you will use to build with.
If you would like to run the LLVM tests you will need `Python
-`_. Versions 2.4-2.7 are known to work. You will need
-`GnuWin32 `_ tools, too.
+`_. Version 2.7 and newer are known to work. You will
+need `GnuWin32 `_ tools, too.
Do not install the LLVM directory tree into a path containing spaces (e.g.
``C:\Documents and Settings\...``) as the configure step will fail.
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ Here's the short story for getting up and running quickly with LLVM:
build.
* See the :doc:`LLVM CMake guide ` for detailed information about
how to configure the LLVM build.
+ * CMake generates project files for all build types. To select a specific
+ build type, use the Configuration manager from the VS IDE or the
+ ``/property:Configuration`` command line option when using MSBuild.
6. Start Visual Studio