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Install this package:

emerge -a dev-haskell/libffi

If the package is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:

autounmask dev-haskell/libffi

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a dev-haskell/libffi

Package Information

Description:
A binding to libffi
Homepage:
https://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Library/libffi
License:
BSD

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
0.2.1 8 ~amd64 0/0.2.1

Metadata

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>haskell@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Haskell</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="ghc-bundled-libffi">When GHC is configured without @--with-system-libffi@, it
will bundle its own copies of @libffi@, one of them
statically linked and the other dynamically linked. This
flag will force linking against the static copy of @libffi@
that GHC bundles. This avoids a GHC bug
(https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/15397) that
can arise when the linker confuses the system&#39;s dynamic
@libffi@ with GHC&#39;s own dynamic @libffi@.
Note that this flag only works when GHC is configured
without the @--with-system-libffi@ option. This is the case
for most GHC binary distributions, such as those provided
by @ghcup@. If you are using a GHC that was configured with
@--with-system-libffi@, however, you will need to disable
this option and link against the system&#39;s version of
@libffi@ instead.</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="hackage">libffi</remote-id>
		<remote-id type="github">remiturk/libffi</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p dev-haskell/libffi | euse -E <flag> -p dev-haskell/libffi | euse -D <flag> -p dev-haskell/libffi

Flag Description 0.2.1
ghc-bundled-libffi When GHC is configured without @--with-system-libffi@, it will bundle its own copies of @libffi@, one of them statically linked and the other dynamically linked. This flag will force linking against the static copy of @libffi@ that GHC bundles. This avoids a GHC bug (https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/15397) that can arise when the linker confuses the system&#39;s dynamic @libffi@ with GHC&#39;s own dynamic @libffi@. Note that this flag only works when GHC is configured without the @--with-system-libffi@ option. This is the case for most GHC binary distributions, such as those provided by @ghcup@. If you are using a GHC that was configured with @--with-system-libffi@, however, you will need to disable this option and link against the system&#39;s version of @libffi@ instead. ⊕

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DIST libffi-0.2.1.tar.gz 7879 bytes