Install this version:
emerge -a =dev-util/DirectXShaderCompiler-1.9.2609
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =dev-util/DirectXShaderCompiler-1.9.2609
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =dev-util/DirectXShaderCompiler-1.9.2609
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9.2609 | 8 | ~amd64 | 0 |
# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
inherit check-reqs cmake flag-o-matic python-any-r1
DESCRIPTION="Microsoft DirectX Shader Compiler which is based on LLVM/Clang"
HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXShaderCompiler"
# Submodules pinned by the release tag.
DIRECTX_HEADERS_SHA="980971e835876dc0cde415e8f9bc646e64667bf7"
SPIRV_HEADERS_SHA="496543121ce6419f23d6fa5d7194ba66c36212d2"
SPIRV_TOOLS_SHA="ef96ed763b43b59b33b31b362f09a02b729fa1c9"
SRC_URI="https://github.com/microsoft/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
https://github.com/microsoft/DirectX-Headers/archive/${DIRECTX_HEADERS_SHA}.tar.gz
-> ${PN}-DirectX-Headers-${DIRECTX_HEADERS_SHA}.tar.gz
https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Headers/archive/${SPIRV_HEADERS_SHA}.tar.gz
-> ${PN}-SPIRV-Headers-${SPIRV_HEADERS_SHA}.tar.gz
https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools/archive/${SPIRV_TOOLS_SHA}.tar.gz
-> ${PN}-SPIRV-Tools-${SPIRV_TOOLS_SHA}.tar.gz"
LICENSE="Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-exceptions UoI-NCSA BSD public-domain rc"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64"
RDEPEND="dev-libs/libffi:=
virtual/zlib:="
DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
BDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
CHECKREQS_MEMORY="4G"
CHECKREQS_DISK_BUILD="4G"
pkg_setup() {
check-reqs_pkg_setup
python-any-r1_pkg_setup
}
src_prepare() {
local dir
for dir in DirectX-Headers SPIRV-Headers SPIRV-Tools; do
rmdir "external/${dir}" || die
done
mv "${WORKDIR}/DirectX-Headers-${DIRECTX_HEADERS_SHA}" external/DirectX-Headers || die
mv "${WORKDIR}/SPIRV-Headers-${SPIRV_HEADERS_SHA}" external/SPIRV-Headers || die
mv "${WORKDIR}/SPIRV-Tools-${SPIRV_TOOLS_SHA}" external/SPIRV-Tools || die
cmake_src_prepare
}
src_configure() {
# The LLVM 3.7 base punned types in ways GCC flags as breaking strict aliasing.
append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
local mycmakeargs=(
-C "${S}/cmake/caches/PredefinedParams.cmake"
-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr/lib/llvm/dxc"
# Regenerated sources are run through the system clang-format, whose output differs from
# the checked-in copies, and the build then fails comparing them. Use the release's copies.
-DHLSL_DISABLE_SOURCE_GENERATION=ON
# The tests need the googletest submodule.
-DHLSL_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF
-DLLVM_BUILD_DOCS=OFF
-DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF
-DLLVM_ENABLE_WERROR=OFF
-DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF
-DLLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX=dxc
-DSPIRV_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
-DSPIRV_WARN_EVERYTHING=OFF
-DSPIRV_WERROR=OFF
-Wno-dev
)
cmake_src_configure
}
src_install() {
cmake_src_install
# The static LLVM libraries and the CMake modules for building against them are not used by
# dxc or libdxcompiler.so, and take up 1.6 GB.
find "${ED}" -name '*.a' -delete || die
rm -r "${ED}/usr/lib/llvm/dxc/share/llvm" || die
newenvd - "99${PN}" <<-EOF
LDPATH="${EPREFIX}/usr/lib/llvm/dxc/lib"
EOF
dosym -r /usr/lib/llvm/dxc/bin/dxc /usr/bin/dxc
}