[ping] Re: [patch] [libffi] do not install libffi library, headers and documentation

[Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>]

[ping, adding the GCJ and Go maintainers]

proposed patch at http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2013-02/msg00853.html

Am 19.02.2013 10:13, schrieb Richard Biener:
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> Am 12.02.2013 13:45, schrieb Richard Biener:
>>> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Richard Biener
>>> <richard.guenther@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>>>> The libffi library, headers and documentation are still installed, although
>>>>> libffi provides separate releases for a long time.  So do not install these
>>>>> anymore as part of a GCC install.  Tested with a build and an install with go
>>>>> and java enabled (both using libffi_convenience). Ok for the trunk?
>>>>
>>>> openSUSE is using the GCC provided libffi, so no, this is not ok (not at this
>>>> stage anyway).  Also proper not-installing libffi would work by disabling
>>>> the maybe-install-target-libffi at the toplevel, not changing libffi makfiles
>>>> (which are supposed to be imported from upstream, no?)
>>>
>>> Thus, add no_install= true; to the libffi target module
>>
>> updated patch attached, checked with a make install that no ffi headers and
>> libraries are installed. If not ok for 4.8, ok for 4.9 when it opens?
> 
> I'm fine with that variant but I'd like to see another ok.  No preference as to
> whether to target 4.8 or 4.9.
> 
> Richard.
> 
>>   Matthias
>>