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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 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-libffi" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="libffi.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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12 | <productname>libffi</productname>
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13 | <productnumber>&libffi-version;</productnumber>
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14 | <address>&libffi-url;</address>
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15 | </sect1info>
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16 |
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17 | <title>Libffi-&libffi-version;</title>
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18 |
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19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-libffi">
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20 | <primary sortas="a-libffi">libffi</primary>
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21 | </indexterm>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2 role="package">
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24 | <title/>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The Libffi library provides a portable, high level programming
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27 | interface to various calling conventions. This allows a programmer to call
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28 | any function specified by a call interface description at run time.</para>
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29 |
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30 | <segmentedlist>
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31 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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32 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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33 |
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34 | <seglistitem>
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35 | <seg>&libffi-fin-sbu;</seg>
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36 | <seg>&libffi-fin-du;</seg>
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37 | </seglistitem>
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38 | </segmentedlist>
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39 |
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40 | </sect2>
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41 |
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42 | <sect2 role="installation">
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43 | <title>Installation of Libffi</title>
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44 |
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45 | <note>
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46 | <para>Similar to GMP, libffi builds with optimizations specific
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47 | to the proccesor in use. If building for another system, export
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48 | CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to specify a generic build for your architecture.
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49 | If this is not done, all applications that link to libffi will trigger
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50 | Illegal Operation Errors.</para>
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51 | </note>
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52 |
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53 | <para>Prepare libffi for compilation:</para>
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54 |
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55 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
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56 | --disable-static \
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57 | --with-gcc-arch=native \
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58 | --disable-exec-static-tramp</userinput></screen>
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59 |
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60 | <variablelist>
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61 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
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62 |
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63 | <varlistentry>
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64 | <term><parameter>--with-gcc-arch=native</parameter></term>
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65 | <listitem>
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66 | <para>Ensure GCC optimizes for the current system. If this
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67 | is not specified, the system is guessed and the code generated
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68 | may not be correct for some systems. If the generated code
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69 | will be copied from the native system to a less capable
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70 | system, use the less capable system as a parameter. For details
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71 | about alternative system types, see <ulink
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72 | url='https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-&gcc-version;/gcc/x86-Options.html'>
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73 | the x86 options in the GCC manual</ulink>.</para>
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74 | </listitem>
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75 | </varlistentry>
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76 |
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77 | <varlistentry>
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78 | <!-- To editors: remove it when downstreams are properly
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79 | fixed. -->
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80 | <term><parameter>--disable-exec-static-tramp</parameter></term>
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81 | <listitem>
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82 | <para>Disable static trampoline support. It's a new security
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83 | feature in libffi, but some BLFS packages (notably
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84 | <application>GJS</application> and
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85 | <application>gobject-introspection</application>) have not been
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86 | adapted for it.</para>
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87 | </listitem>
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88 | </varlistentry>
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89 |
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90 | </variablelist>
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91 |
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92 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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93 |
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94 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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95 |
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96 | <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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97 |
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98 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
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99 |
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100 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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101 |
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102 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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103 |
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104 | </sect2>
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105 |
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106 | <sect2 id="contents-libffi" role="content">
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107 | <title>Contents of Libffi</title>
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108 |
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109 | <segmentedlist>
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110 | <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
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111 |
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112 | <seglistitem>
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113 | <seg>libffi.so</seg>
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114 | </seglistitem>
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115 | </segmentedlist>
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116 |
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117 | <variablelist>
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118 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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119 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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120 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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121 |
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122 | <varlistentry id="libffi">
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123 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libffi</filename></term>
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124 | <listitem>
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125 | <para>contains the foreign function interface API functions</para>
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126 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-libffi">
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127 | <primary sortas="c-libffi">libffi</primary>
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128 | </indexterm>
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129 | </listitem>
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130 | </varlistentry>
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131 | </variablelist>
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132 |
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133 | </sect2>
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134 |
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135 | </sect1>
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136 |
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