source: general/genlib/libffi.xml@ c3c56b2

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  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libffi-download-http " ">
  <!ENTITY libffi-download-ftp  "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/libffi-&libffi-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libffi-md5sum        "f69b9693227d976835b4857b1ba7d0e3">
  <!ENTITY libffi-size          "780 KB">
  <!ENTITY libffi-buildsize     "6.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY libffi-time          "0.1 SBU">
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<sect1 id="libffi" xreflabel="libffi-&libffi-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libffi.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>libffi-&libffi-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libffi">
    <primary sortas="a-libffi">libffi</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libffi</title>

    <para>The <application>libffi</application> library provides a portable,
    high level programming interface to various calling conventions.  This
    allows a programmer to call any function specified by a call interface
    description at run time.</para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libffi-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libffi-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &libffi-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &libffi-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &libffi-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &libffi-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Required patch:
          <ulink url="&patch-root;/libffi-&libffi-version;-includedir-1.patch"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libffi</title>

    <para>Install <application>libffi</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../libffi-&libffi-version;-includedir-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>libffi.{so,a}</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="libffi-lib">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libffi.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains the <application>libffi</application> API
          functions.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libffi libffi-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libffi">libffi.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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