Cyril Roelandt <tipec...@gmail.com> skribis:

> On 12/01/2013 11:12 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Cyril Roelandt <tipec...@gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> On 11/30/2013 11:01 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>>>> Why is gobject-introspection always accompanied by libffi?  Should
>>>> libffi be a propagated input of gobject-introspection?
>>>
>>> I've just checked that. Atk, pango (and similar packages) do not
>>> require libffi. However, if they are compiled without libffi, then the
>>> gtk+ build will fail.
>>
>> So it sounds like gobject-introspection functionality requires it in
>> practice, no?  Or perhaps it’s libpeas that requires it?
>>
>
> I think it's really gtk+ that needs it. And if it can't be built, then
> libpeas can't be built.
>
> I think I'll add libffi as a propagated input of gobject-introspection.

Yeah, it seems best.  It’s part of the GIR thing:

  https://developer.gnome.org/gi/1.38/gi-girffi.html

Ludo’.

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