[Bug bootstrap/11660] libffi only builds when java is selected as language

[Bug bootstrap/11660] libffi only builds when java is selected as language

[egall at gwmail dot gwu.edu]

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Eric Gallager <egall at gwmail dot gwu.edu> changed:

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--- Comment #11 from Eric Gallager <egall at gwmail dot gwu.edu> ---
Doesn't libffi also get built if go is selected as a language? I can't verify
it for myself due to bug 46986, but based on my reading of Makefile.def, it
seems like building libgo should cause libffi to be built, as well...

[Bug bootstrap/11660] libffi only builds when java is selected as language

[pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Comment #10 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org  2005-10-23 00:08 -------
No longer working on this.


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[Bug bootstrap/11660] libffi only builds when java is selected as language

[pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Additional Comments From pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org  2005-04-21 16:42 -------
The patch has to be updated.  I might do that this weekend.

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[Bug bootstrap/11660] libffi only builds when java is selected as language

[pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Additional Comments From pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org  2004-12-12 04:32 -------
This might get into 4.0.0 because __builtin_apply is so broken on most targets that fails for most tests 
already now on the mainline.

Patch here: <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-12/msg00841.html>, just waiting for a global 
write maintainer to approve it.

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[Bug bootstrap/11660] libffi only builds when java is selected as language

[aperez at student dot santarosa dot edu]

------- Additional Comments From aperez at student dot santarosa dot edu  2004-07-02 23:00 -------
I would also like to throw my support behind this modification/enhancement. This
is important/necessary for more than just java. GNUstep can use either libffi or
ffcall, and libffi is preferable for a number of reasons, but as of now it's a
massive pain in the ass to build because you have to check out way more than you
actually need. So the entire GNUstep community would benefit from this
modificaitons, as well as numerous other communities, including the pyobjc
community. I would prefer an --enable-libffi configure option as Andrew Pinski
suggests.

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[Bug bootstrap/11660] libffi only builds when java is selected as language

[pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Additional Comments From pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org  2004-02-27 15:41 -------
Mine as work to get libobjc "modernized" or remove the builtin_apply "hacks".

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[Bug bootstrap/11660] libffi only builds when java is selected as language

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[Bug bootstrap/11660] libffi only builds when java is selected as language

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------- Additional Comments From ro at techfak dot uni-bielefeld dot de  2003-07-24 15:33 -------
Subject: Re:  libffi only builds when java is selected as language

In fact, there's currently work in progress to make the GCC copy the master
version and merge any remaining changes from the sources.redhat.com
repository.  At that time it is certainly appropriate to be able to build
and install libffi even without java.

	Rainer

[Bug bootstrap/11660] libffi only builds when java is selected as language

[dennis at pruts dot nl]

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------- Additional Comments From dennis at pruts dot nl  2003-07-24 13:00 -------
Subject: Re:  libffi only builds when java is selected
 as language



> ------- Additional Comments From pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu  2003-07-24 12:57 -------
> Note GNUStep is not part of GCC.
> Even though this page: <http://sources.redhat.com/libffi/> says it is largely maintained by GCC, it
> is wrong.

Okay, I counted on that being true :)
I'll will just use the libffi from Red Hat, and compile GCC without it.
Thanks!

Dennis

> >From libffi/README in the mainline of GCC:
> This directory contains the libffi package, which is not part of GCC but
> shipped with GCC as convenience.
>
> So I think there is no upstream anymore, it looks like.

[Bug bootstrap/11660] libffi only builds when java is selected as language

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------- Additional Comments From pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu  2003-07-24 12:57 -------
Note GNUStep is not part of GCC.
Even though this page: <http://sources.redhat.com/libffi/> says it is largely maintained by GCC, it 
is wrong.
>From libffi/README in the mainline of GCC:
This directory contains the libffi package, which is not part of GCC but
shipped with GCC as convenience.

So I think there is no upstream anymore, it looks like.

[Bug bootstrap/11660] libffi only builds when java is selected as language

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------- Additional Comments From dennis at pruts dot nl  2003-07-24 12:48 -------
Subject: Re:  libffi only builds when java is selected
 as language

Objective-C or atleast GNUstep can also use libffi, so it is useful for
the GNUstep project.
Might it be useful to contact the upstream team for this, and if so who
should I contact for this.

Dennis

On 24 Jul 2003, pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu wrote:

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> ------- Additional Comments From pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu  2003-07-24 12:41 -------
> The only language that needs libffi for support of the programs in GCC is java, so it is only built
> when java is selected.  Maybe it can be built when --enable-libffi is done but it is not currently.
> Also libffi is updated from upstream so GCC are not the official maintainers so maybe this should
> be closed.
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------- Additional Comments From pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu  2003-07-24 12:41 -------
The only language that needs libffi for support of the programs in GCC is java, so it is only built 
when java is selected.  Maybe it can be built when --enable-libffi is done but it is not currently.  
Also libffi is updated from upstream so GCC are not the official maintainers so maybe this should 
be closed.