From: Tim Beech <tim.beech@gmail.com>
To: libffi-discuss@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: souurce for old version of libffi
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:31:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKtcCpnqFc59LkNqkgML2m9X0PbWN3uoezSSnA7Y5_YkdNTj3Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1210272045520.2357@darkstar.example.net>
I'm sorry to say I got my wires crossed. ghc does indeed require an
earlier version of libffi, but the previous one will do. It's
libffi.so.5 it's looking for. I got muddled because of a similar
problem with another library.
On 27 October 2012 20:50, tim.beech <tim.beech@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm packaging GHC (Glasgow Haskell Compiler) for Salix, a Slackware
> derivative, and it depends on old versions of libgmp and libffi.
>
> Specificaly, it is looking for /usr/lib/libffi.so.3
> and finding libffi.so.6
>
> These numbers don't seem to correspond to the version numbers for
> libffi; as far as I know, the latest libffi for Slackware is
> libffi-3.something.
>
> I've searched without success. I'd be extremely grateful if anyone could
> point me in the direction of a tarball.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-28 13:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-27 23:50 tim.beech
2012-10-28 13:31 ` Tim Beech [this message]
2012-10-29 10:21 ` Andrew Haley
2012-10-29 11:34 ` Samuli Suominen
2012-10-29 11:40 ` Andrew Haley
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