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Matt Arsenault 9d5574dda6 llvm: Delete bugpoint (#182320)
For crash reduction, I don't think it does anything that llvm-reduce
can't. Pass pipeline reduction also has a separate reduction script.
The main thing there isn't a replacement tool is the miscompilation
reducer, but I'm not sure that's actually functioned for years.

There are still some references to bugpoint in various comments
and pieces of documentation that don't all necessarily make sense
to replace or remove. In particular there are a few passes documented
as "only for bugpoint", but I've left those alone in case they are
useful for manual reductions.
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llvm-extract - extract a function from an LLVM module
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.. program:: llvm-extract
SYNOPSIS
--------
:program:`llvm-extract` [*options*] **--func** *function-name* [*filename*]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
The :program:`llvm-extract` command takes the name of a function and extracts
it from the specified LLVM bitcode file. It is primarily used as a debugging
tool to reduce test cases from larger programs that are triggering a bug.
In addition to extracting the bitcode of the specified function,
:program:`llvm-extract` will also remove unreachable global variables,
prototypes, and unused types.
The :program:`llvm-extract` command reads its input from standard input if
filename is omitted or if filename is ``-``. The output is always written to
standard output, unless the **-o** option is specified (see below).
OPTIONS
-------
**--alias** *alias-name*
Extract the alias named *function-name* from the LLVM bitcode. May be
specified multiple times to extract multiple alias at once.
**--ralias** *alias-regular-expr*
Extract the alias matching *alias-regular-expr* from the LLVM bitcode.
All alias matching the regular expression will be extracted. May be
specified multiple times.
**--bb** *basic-block-specifier*
Extract basic blocks(s) specified in *basic-block-specifier*. May be
specified multiple times. Each <function:bb[;bb]> specifier pair will create
a function. If multiple basic blocks are specified in one pair, the first
block in the sequence should dominate the rest.
**--delete**
Delete specified Globals from Module.
**-f**
Enable binary output on terminals. Normally, :program:`llvm-extract` will
refuse to write raw bitcode output if the output stream is a terminal. With
this option, :program:`llvm-extract` will write raw bitcode regardless of the
output device.
**--func** *function-name*
Extract the function named *function-name* from the LLVM bitcode. May be
specified multiple times to extract multiple functions at once.
**--rfunc** *function-regular-expr*
Extract the function(s) matching *function-regular-expr* from the LLVM bitcode.
All functions matching the regular expression will be extracted. May be
specified multiple times.
**--glob** *global-name*
Extract the global variable named *global-name* from the LLVM bitcode. May be
specified multiple times to extract multiple global variables at once.
**--rglob** *glob-regular-expr*
Extract the global variable(s) matching *global-regular-expr* from the LLVM
bitcode. All global variables matching the regular expression will be
extracted. May be specified multiple times.
**--keep-const-init**
Preserve the values of constant globals.
**--recursive**
Recursively extract all called functions
**-help**
Print a summary of command line options.
**-o** *filename*
Specify the output filename. If filename is "-" (the default), then
:program:`llvm-extract` sends its output to standard output.
**-S**
Write output in LLVM intermediate language (instead of bitcode).
EXIT STATUS
-----------
If :program:`llvm-extract` succeeds, it will exit with 0. Otherwise, if an error
occurs, it will exit with a non-zero value.
SEE ALSO
--------
:manpage:`llvm-reduce(1)`