[issue6943] setup.py fails to find headers of system libffi

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: Applied in r78819. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http

[issue6943] setup.py fails to find headers of system libffi

Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis added the comment: I noticed suboptimal output of `configure`: checking for --with-libs... no checking for --with-system-expat... yes checking for --with-system-ffi... checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-pkg-config... no checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-c

[issue6943] setup.py fails to find headers of system libffi

Matthias Klose added the comment: this patch looks wrong, as it only works with libffi >= 3.0 (the standalone libffi releases, which introduces the pkg-config stuff). -- nosy: +doko ___ Python tracker

[issue6943] setup.py fails to find headers of system libffi

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: Fixed in r77212. -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue6943] setup.py fails to find headers of system libffi

Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis added the comment: The previous patches don't work with Python 3, in which os.popen() internally uses subprocess.Popen(), and also don't work during crosscompilation, so I'm attaching the new patch. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file15715/pyt

[issue6943] setup.py fails to find headers of system libffi

Changes by Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis : Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file14932/python-fix_search_for_libffi_headers.patch ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue6943] setup.py fails to find headers of system libffi

Georg Brandl added the comment: Patch looks OK and works on my system (the listcomp should be wrapped though). -- assignee: -> loewis keywords: +easy nosy: +georg.brandl priority: -> normal stage: -> patch review type: -> compile error ___ Python

[issue6943] setup.py fails to find headers of system libffi

Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis added the comment: It seems that a part of my comment has been truncated. I meant `pkg-config libffi --cflags` command. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue6943] setup.py fails to find headers of system libffi

New submission from Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis : I use --with-system-ffi option, but setup.py fails to find headers of system libffi which are placed outside standard include directory, which causes using of internal copy of libffi. In Gentoo, headers of libffi-3.0.8 are installed into