[a9c0e8d] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY libffi-download-http "https://sourceware.org/ftp/libffi/libffi-&libffi-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY libffi-download-ftp "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/libffi-&libffi-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY libffi-md5sum "83b89587607e3eb65c70d361f13bab43">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY libffi-size "920 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY libffi-buildsize "6.1 MB (additional 1.7 MB for the tests)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY libffi-time "less than 0.1 SBU (additional 0.4 SBU for the tests)">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="libffi" xreflabel="libffi-&libffi-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="libffi.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <title>libffi-&libffi-version;</title>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <indexterm zone="libffi">
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| 22 | <primary sortas="a-libffi">libffi</primary>
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| 23 | </indexterm>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to libffi</title>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>
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| 29 | The <application>libffi</application> library provides a portable,
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| 30 | high level programming interface to various calling conventions. This
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| 31 | allows a programmer to call any function specified by a call interface
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| 32 | description at run time.
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| 33 | </para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | &lfs81_checked;
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 39 | <listitem>
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| 40 | <para>
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| 41 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libffi-download-http;"/>
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| 42 | </para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>
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| 46 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libffi-download-ftp;"/>
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| 47 | </para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>
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| 51 | Download MD5 sum: &libffi-md5sum;
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| 52 | </para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>
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| 56 | Download size: &libffi-size;
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| 57 | </para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Estimated disk space required: &libffi-buildsize;
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| 62 | </para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Estimated build time: &libffi-time;
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| 67 | </para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | </itemizedlist>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libffi Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 74 | <para role="optional">
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| 75 | <xref linkend="dejagnu"/> (required to run the testsuite)
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| 76 | </para>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 79 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libffi"/>
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| 80 | </para>
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| 81 | </sect2>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 84 | <title>Installation of libffi</title>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <para>
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| 87 | Install <application>libffi</application> by running the following
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| 88 | commands:
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| 89 | </para>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <screen><userinput>sed -e '/^includesdir/ s/$(libdir).*$/$(includedir)/' \
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| 92 | -i include/Makefile.in &&
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| 93 |
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| 94 | sed -e '/^includedir/ s/=.*$/=@includedir@/' \
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| 95 | -e 's/^Cflags: -I${includedir}/Cflags:/' \
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| 96 | -i libffi.pc.in &&
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| 97 |
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| 98 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
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| 99 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <para>
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| 102 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 103 | </para>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <para>
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| 106 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 107 | </para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | </sect2>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 114 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <para><command>sed ... include/Makefile.in</command> and
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| 117 | <command>sed ... libffi.pc.in</command>: Makes the package install headers
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| 118 | into the standardized <filename class="directory">/usr/include</filename>
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| 119 | instead of
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| 120 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/libffi-&libffi-version;/include.</filename>.</para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 123 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | </sect2>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 128 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <segmentedlist>
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| 131 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 132 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 133 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <seglistitem>
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| 136 | <seg>
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| 137 | None
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| 138 | </seg>
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| 139 | <seg>
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| 140 | libffi.so
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| 141 | </seg>
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| 142 | <seg>
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| 143 | None
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| 144 | </seg>
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| 145 | </seglistitem>
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| 146 | </segmentedlist>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <variablelist>
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| 149 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 150 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 151 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <varlistentry id="libffi-lib">
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| 154 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libffi.so</filename></term>
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| 155 | <listitem>
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| 156 | <para>
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| 157 | contains the <application>libffi</application> API
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| 158 | functions.
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| 159 | </para>
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| 160 | <indexterm zone="libffi libffi-lib">
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| 161 | <primary sortas="c-libffi">libffi.so</primary>
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| 162 | </indexterm>
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| 163 | </listitem>
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| 164 | </varlistentry>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | </variablelist>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | </sect2>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | </sect1>
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