Changes in chapter08/libffi.xml [3ba82a8:c3f8922]

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chapter08/libffi.xml

@@ -56 +56 @@
             --disable-static       \
             --with-gcc-arch=native \
-            --disable-exec-static-tramp </userinput></screen>
+            --disable-exec-static-tramp</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
@@ -72 +72 @@
           url='https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-&gcc-version;/gcc/x86-Options.html'>
           the x86 options in the GCC manual</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <!-- To editors: remove it when downstreams are properly
+                         fixed. -->
+        <term><parameter>--disable-exec-static-tramp</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Disable static trampoline support.  It's a new security
+          feature in libffi, but some BLFS packages (notably
+          <application>GJS</application> and
+          <application>gobject-introspection</application>) have not been
+          adapted for it.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>