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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 | <para>FFI stands for Foreign Function Interface. An FFI allows a program written
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31 | in one language to call a program written in another language. Specifically,
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32 | Libffi can provide a bridge between an interpreter like Perl, or Python, and
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33 | shared library subroutines written in C, or C++.</para>
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34 |
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35 | <segmentedlist>
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36 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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37 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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38 |
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39 | <seglistitem>
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40 | <seg>&libffi-fin-sbu;</seg>
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41 | <seg>&libffi-fin-du;</seg>
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42 | </seglistitem>
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43 | </segmentedlist>
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44 |
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45 | </sect2>
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46 |
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47 | <sect2 role="installation">
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48 | <title>Installation of Libffi</title>
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49 |
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50 | <note>
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51 | <para>Like GMP, Libffi builds with optimizations specific
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52 | to the processor in use. If building for another system, change the
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53 | value of the <parameter>--with-gcc-arch=</parameter> parameter in the
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54 | following command to an architecture name fully implemented by the
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55 | CPU on that system.
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56 | If this is not done, all applications that link to
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57 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libffi</filename> will trigger
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58 | Illegal Operation Errors.</para>
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59 | </note>
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60 |
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61 | <para>Prepare Libffi for compilation:</para>
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62 |
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63 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
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64 | --disable-static \
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65 | --with-gcc-arch=native</userinput></screen>
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66 |
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67 | <variablelist>
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68 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
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69 |
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70 | <varlistentry>
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71 | <term><parameter>--with-gcc-arch=native</parameter></term>
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72 | <listitem>
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73 | <para>Ensure GCC optimizes for the current system. If this
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74 | is not specified, the system is guessed and the code generated
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75 | may not be correct. If the generated code
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76 | will be copied from the native system to a less capable
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77 | system, use the less capable system as a parameter. For details
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78 | about alternative system types, see <ulink
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79 | url='https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-&gcc-version;/gcc/x86-Options.html'>
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80 | the x86 options in the GCC manual</ulink>.</para>
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81 | </listitem>
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82 | </varlistentry>
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83 | </variablelist>
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84 |
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85 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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86 |
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87 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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88 |
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89 | <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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90 |
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91 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
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92 |
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93 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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94 |
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95 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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96 |
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97 | </sect2>
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98 |
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99 | <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
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100 | <!-- Multilib - 32bit -->
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101 | <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
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102 |
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103 | <sect2 arch="ml_32,ml_all" role="installation">
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104 | <title>Installation of Libffi - 32bit</title>
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105 |
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106 | <para>Clean previous build:</para>
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107 |
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108 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>
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109 |
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110 | <para>Prepare Libffi for compilation:</para>
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111 |
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112 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32" ./configure \
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113 | --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
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114 | --prefix=/usr \
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115 | --libdir=/usr/lib32 \
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116 | --disable-static \
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117 | --with-gcc-arch=i686</userinput></screen>
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118 |
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119 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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120 |
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121 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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122 |
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123 | <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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124 |
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125 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
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126 |
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127 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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128 |
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129 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
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130 | cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32
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131 | rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
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132 |
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133 | </sect2><!-- m32 -->
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134 |
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135 | <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
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136 | <!-- Multilib - x32bit -->
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137 | <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
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138 |
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139 | <sect2 arch="ml_x32,ml_all" role="installation">
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140 | <title>Installation of Libffi - x32bit</title>
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141 |
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142 | <para>Clean previous build:</para>
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143 |
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144 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>
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145 |
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146 | <para>Prepare Libffi for compilation:</para>
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147 |
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148 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" CXX="g++ -mx32" ./configure \
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149 | --host=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnux32 \
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150 | --prefix=/usr \
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151 | --libdir=/usr/libx32 \
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152 | --disable-static \
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153 | --with-gcc-arch=x86_64</userinput></screen>
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154 |
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155 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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156 |
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157 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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158 |
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159 | <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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160 |
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161 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
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162 |
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163 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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164 |
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165 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
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166 | cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/libx32/* /usr/libx32
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167 | rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
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168 |
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169 | </sect2><!-- mx32 -->
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170 |
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171 | <sect2 id="contents-libffi" role="content">
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172 | <title>Contents of Libffi</title>
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173 |
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174 | <segmentedlist>
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175 | <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
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176 |
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177 | <seglistitem>
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178 | <seg>libffi.so</seg>
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179 | </seglistitem>
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180 | </segmentedlist>
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181 |
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182 | <variablelist>
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183 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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184 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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185 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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186 |
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187 | <varlistentry id="libffi">
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188 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libffi</filename></term>
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189 | <listitem>
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190 | <para>Contains the foreign function interface API functions</para>
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191 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-libffi">
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192 | <primary sortas="c-libffi">libffi</primary>
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193 | </indexterm>
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194 | </listitem>
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195 | </varlistentry>
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196 | </variablelist>
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197 |
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198 | </sect2>
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199 |
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200 | </sect1>
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