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From: Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
To: "Hannes Müller" <h.c.f.mueller@gmail.com>,
	"The Cygwin Mailing List" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: Re: libffi: upgrade to libffi-3.4.3 proposed (cygport file attached)
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2022 14:21:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <fcc1360e-ded1-7b08-59ce-2a8391ccd9e3@dronecode.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f7d7240eacb93f4e33d25547bb29688d2d257934.camel@gmail.com>

On 08/10/2022 19:26, Hannes Müller wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> I'm not sure. So far I would not recommend to upgrade to libffi-3.4.3
> for Cygwin i686.

Thanks.

I made this update for x86_64 only.

> Currently MSYS2 makes only builts for x86_64. The 32 bit version builts
> are only MinGW variants.
> 
> Test for Cygwin on i686 is not in CI of libffi maintainer Anthony
> Green, e.g.https://github.com/libffi/libffi/pull/728
> 
> Maybe you open an Issue on https://github.com/libffi/libffi/issues
> Anthony Green is very responsive.
> 
> Thanks,
> Hannes
> 
> 
> 
> Am Samstag, dem 08.10.2022 um 13:47 +0100 schrieb Jon Turney:
>> On 04/10/2022 19:11, Hannes Müller wrote:
>>> Dear Maintainer(s),
>>>
>>> libffi is ORPHANED and outdated.
>>>
>>> Attached a cygport for newest libffi-3.4.3, which needs no extra
>>> patches.
>>>
>>> PS: libffi-3.4.3 is also used on MSYS2 without extra patches.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> I'm minded to do a NMU of libffi using your revised cygport, but I
>> notice that many tests fail on x86 (see [1]).  Is this expected, or
>> does
>> it indicate some problem there?
>>
>> [1]
>> https://github.com/cygwin/scallywag/actions/runs/3205410540/jobs/5237942271#step:6:2343


      parent reply	other threads:[~2022-10-23 13:21 UTC|newest]

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2022-10-04 18:11 Hannes Müller
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     [not found]   ` <f7d7240eacb93f4e33d25547bb29688d2d257934.camel@gmail.com>
2022-10-23 13:21     ` Jon Turney [this message]

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