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Re: [patch] [libffi] do not install libffi library, headers and documentation
- From: Richard Biener <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>
- To: Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu dot com>
- Cc: GCC Patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, GCJ-patches <java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, "libffi-discuss at sourceware dot org" <libffi-discuss at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:44:33 +0100
- Subject: Re: [patch] [libffi] do not install libffi library, headers and documentation
- References: <511A35DC.7060207@ubuntu.com>
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> The libffi library, headers and documentation are still installed, although
> libffi provides separate releases for a long time. So do not install these
> anymore as part of a GCC install. Tested with a build and an install with go
> and java enabled (both using libffi_convenience). Ok for the trunk?
openSUSE is using the GCC provided libffi, so no, this is not ok (not at this
stage anyway). Also proper not-installing libffi would work by disabling
the maybe-install-target-libffi at the toplevel, not changing libffi makfiles
(which are supposed to be imported from upstream, no?)
Richard.
> Matthias
>