[issue21277] don't try to link _ctypes with a ffi_convenience library

Changes by Matthias Klose : -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue21277] don't try to link _ctypes with a ffi_convenience library

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 0a8509023c09 by doko in branch 'default': - Issue #21277: Don't try to link _ctypes with a ffi_convenience library. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0a8509023c09 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker

[issue21277] don't try to link _ctypes with a ffi_convenience library

Zachary Ware added the comment: It's not easy to find anything with a google search for 'ffi_convenience' that's not this issue. I did find doko's patch to GCC to not install libffi_convenience, which included a comment from the author of libffi saying he didn't recommend that GCC install

[issue21277] don't try to link _ctypes with a ffi_convenience library

Thomas Wouters added the comment: I don't understand the story with ffi_convenience here. Perhaps someone else on python-dev remembers what it was for and whether we need it for any platforms, still? -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue21277] don't try to link _ctypes with a ffi_convenience library

Changes by Matthias Klose d...@debian.org: -- nosy: +twouters ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue21277 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing

[issue21277] don't try to link _ctypes with a ffi_convenience library

New submission from Matthias Klose: the ffi_convenience library was once built and installed with oldish GCC versions. Either remove it completely from the search path, or search for the standard libffi system library. --- a/setup.py +++ b/setup.py @@ -1939,7 +1939,7 @@