diff --git a/src/backend/updating-llvm.md b/src/backend/updating-llvm.md index 38fbb2e44..ce0890491 100644 --- a/src/backend/updating-llvm.md +++ b/src/backend/updating-llvm.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ - + There is no formal policy about when to update LLVM or what it can be updated to, but a few guidelines are applied: @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ but a few guidelines are applied: There are two reasons we would want to update LLVM: -* A bug could have been fixed! Often we find bugs in the compiler and fix - them upstream in LLVM. We'll want to pull fixes back to the compiler itself as - they're merged upstream. +* A bug could have been fixed! + Note that if we are the ones who fixed such a bug, + we prefer to upstream it, then pull it back for use by rustc. * LLVM itself may have a new release.