Bugs item #1464444, was opened at 2006-04-04 21:42 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by doko You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1464444&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Extension Modules Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Matthias Klose (doko) Assigned to: Thomas Heller (theller) Summary: ctypes should be able to link with installed libffi Initial Comment: ctypes always uses the included libffi implementation (which should be updated to current GCC HEAD). Pleae add an option to build and link against a libffi, which is installed on the system. attached is a hack to just always build using the installed libffi. I'm unsure how to find the correct ffi implementation (maybe check for LIBFFI_H defined in the ffi header?), and where to implement this check (configure.ac --with-system-ffi=/usr?). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Matthias Klose (doko) Date: 2006-04-05 00:43 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=60903 It's not an external dependency, if it's not found. The size is not the argument. For distributors it's an additional maintainance burden to update copies of libraries. Security advisories for zlib (and pcre?) show this. patch updated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) Date: 2006-04-05 00:14 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=21627 Why is it desirable to link with the system ffi? That just adds an external dependency, for a negligable space saving (on x86, libffi.so.4.0.1 is 7840 bytes). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1464444&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
