[issue1292] libffi needs an update to support mips64, arm and armeabi on linux

Thomas Heller added the comment: libffi3-branch has been merged to trunk; the Modules/_ctypes/libffi files are from the libffi 3.0.4 release now. -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue1292] libffi needs an update to support mips64, arm and armeabi on linux

Thomas Heller added the comment: I'm reopening this. libffi 3 has been released; I have created the libffi3-branch for this work in Python svn. -- status: closed -> open __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue1292] libffi needs an update to support mips64, arm and armeabi on linux

Matthias Klose added the comment: there's a buildbot for mips-linux, none for mips64, so lets close this one. -- status: open -> closed __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ __

[issue1292] libffi needs an update to support mips64, arm and armeabi on linux

Thomas Heller added the comment: Matthias, can this issue be set to 'fixed' and 'closed' now? __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Python-bugs-list mail

[issue1292] libffi needs an update to support mips64, arm and armeabi on linux

Thomas Heller added the comment: I have now made --with-system-ffi default to "yes" for Linux/alpha*, Linux/arm*, Linux/ppc*, and Linux/s390* machines. If you think it is needed for mips machines also please add this - there's no buildbot where I can check the result. __

[issue1292] libffi needs an update to support mips64, arm and armeabi on linux

Matthias Klose added the comment: oops, did the same for arm* on trunk, but in configure.in __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Python-bugs-list mailin

[issue1292] libffi needs an update to support mips64, arm and armeabi on linux

Thomas Heller added the comment: I meant branches/ctypes_branch, of course. __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscr

[issue1292] libffi needs an update to support mips64, arm and armeabi on linux

Thomas Heller added the comment: In the branches_ctypes-branch I hacked setup.py to always use an installed libffi if one is found. Then I triggered the trunk buildbots which failed or crashed before in some c_longdouble tests; the tests worked ok on them (ppc Debian unstable, and S-390 Debian).

[issue1292] libffi needs an update to support mips64, arm and armeabi on linux

Thomas Heller added the comment: I'm unsure how to proceed with this. Replacing the copy of libffi in the ctypes sources - I'm very afraid to do that. It has it's own configure system, written by someone else. Then it has several changes from various people for Python, which would be overwritte

[issue1292] libffi needs an update to support mips64, arm and armeabi on linux

Matthias Klose added the comment: committed the following patch to the trunk (lets the buildds test the ctypes extension) Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file8605/arm.diff __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue1292] libffi needs an update to support mips64, arm and armeabi on linux

New submission from Matthias Klose: libffi needs an update to support mips64, arm and armeabi on linux; the current bits are all available in GCC trunk. as an alternative, those systems should be default to --with-system-ffi, unless this is xplicitely disabled. -- assignee: theller compo