Author: renodr
Date: Wed Dec 12 16:05:54 2018
New Revision: 11494
Log:
Add a note to libffi about portability.
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter06/libffi.xml
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml Tue Dec 11 13:35:18 2018 (r11493)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml Wed Dec 12 16:05:54 2018 (r11494)
@@ -43,6 +43,18 @@
appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>2018-12-12</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[renodr] - Add a note to libffi about optimizing for the
+ specific CPU in use at compile time. Similar to GMP, this causes
+ Illegal Operation errors if the installation is moved to another
+ system.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>2018-12-11</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem revision='systemd'>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/libffi.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/libffi.xml Tue Dec 11 13:35:18 2018 (r11493)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/libffi.xml Wed Dec 12 16:05:54 2018 (r11494)
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Libffi</title>
+ <note>
+ <para>Similar to GMP, libffi builds with optimizations specific
+ to the proccesor in use. If building for another system, export
+ CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to specify a generic build for your architecture.
+ If this is not done, all applications that link to libffi will trigger
+ Illegal Operation Errors.</para>
+ </note>
+
<para>Modify the Makefile to install headers into the standard
<filename class="directory">/usr/include</filename> directory instead of
<filename
class="directory">/usr/lib/libffi-3.2.1/include</filename>.</para>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent Tue Dec 11 13:35:18 2018 (r11493)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent Wed Dec 12 16:05:54 2018 (r11494)
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20181211">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20181212">
<!ENTITY short-version "svn"> <!-- Used below in &blfs-book;
Change to x.y for release but not -rc
releases -->
<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development" or
"x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
-<!ENTITY versiond "20181211-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond "20181212-systemd">
<!ENTITY short-versiond "systemd">
<!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "December 11, 2018">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "December 12, 2018">
<!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2018"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not
– -->
<!ENTITY milestone "8.4">
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