[PATCH] win64 support for libffi (2/2)

Dave Korn dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com
Mon May 18 15:06:00 GMT 2009


Andrew Haley wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>> Andrew Haley wrote:
>>
>>> The libffi ABI has changed?  Are you sure?
>>   No, I'm not clear, I'm repeating something I was told second-hand:
>>
>> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2009-02/msg00051.html
>>
>>   Maybe I just meant that the API has changed, not the ABI?
> 
> Neither have changed AFAIAA.  There are some updates and fixes in gcc
> that are not yet in upstream libffi.

  Not even a minor version?  That's odd.  Perhaps something has gone amiss in
the .X.Y.SO -> -X.DLL translation employed by cygwin libtool, I'll have to dig
further.

    cheers,
      DaveK



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