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Branch: CURRENT, Version: 3.5.2, Package name: libffi-3.5.2, Maintainer: asau

The libffi library provides a portable, high level programming
interface to various calling conventions. This allows a programmer to
call any function specified by a call interface description at
run-time.

Some programs may not know at the time of compilation what arguments
are to be passed to a function. For instance, an interpreter may be
told at run-time about the number and types of arguments used to call
a given function. Libffi can be used in such programs to provide a
bridge from the interpreter program to compiled code.

Ffi stands for Foreign Function Interface. A foreign function
interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code
written in one language to call code written in another language. The
libffi library really only provides the lowest, machine dependent
layer of a fully featured foreign function interface. A layer must
exist above libffi that handles type conversions for values passed
between the two languages.

Required to build:
[pkgtools/cwrappers]

Master sites:

https://github.com/libffi/ (Download)

Filesize: 1389.77 KB

Version history: (Expand)

(2025-10-24) Package has been reborn
(2025-10-24) Package deleted from pkgsrc
(2025-08-02) Updated to version: libffi-3.5.2
(2025-07-15) Package has been reborn
(2025-07-15) Package deleted from pkgsrc
(2025-06-30) Updated to version: libffi-3.5.1

CVS history: (Expand)

2025-08-02 19:39:30 by Adam Ciarcinski | Files touched by this commit (3) | Package updated

Log message:
libffi: updated to 3.5.2
3.5.2
fix: enable FFI_MMAP_EXEC_WRIT for DragonFly BSD
Emscripten: Add wasm64 target
fix: Ensure trampoline file descriptors are closed on exec.

2025-06-30 21:12:12 by Adam Ciarcinski | Files touched by this commit (2) | Package updated

Log message:
libffi: updated to 3.5.1
3.5.1
Downgrade Autoconf requirement to version 2.68
Fix symbol versioning error.
3.5.0
Add FFI_VERSION_STRING and FFI_VERSION_NUMBER macros, as well
as ffi_get_version() and ffi_get_version_number() functions.
Add ffi_get_default_abi() and ffi_get_closure_size() functions.
Fix closures on powerpc64-linux when statically linking.
Mark the PA stack as non-executable.

2025-04-10 11:47:49 by Adam Ciarcinski | Files touched by this commit (3) | Package updated

Log message:
libffi: updated to 3.4.8
3.4.8
aarch64: add PAC to GNU Notes
MIPS: Dont import asm/sgidefs.h on linux
Update the Simple Example from the Docs to fix a compile error
Fix bugs in the x86-64 and x32 target
Add the "ABI_ATTR" attribute to called functions
powerpc: Add static trampoline support
testsuite: add two tests to Makefile.am

2025-02-09 15:19:04 by Thomas Klausner | Files touched by this commit (2) | Package updated

Log message:
libffi: update to 3.4.7.
3.4.7 Feb-8-2024
      Add static trampoline support for Linux on s390x.
      Fix BTI support for ARM64.
      Support pointer authentication for ARM64.
      Fix ASAN compatibility.
      Fix x86-64 calls with 6 GP registers and some SSE registers.
      Miscellaneous fixes for ARC and Darwin ARM64.
      Fix OpenRISC or1k and Solaris 10 builds.
      Remove nios2 port.

2024-02-18 21:55:51 by Adam Ciarcinski | Files touched by this commit (3) | Package updated

Log message:
libffi: updated to 3.4.6
3.4.6 Feb-18-2024
Fix long double regression on mips64 and alpha.
3.4.5 Feb-15-2024
Add support for wasm32.
Add support for aarch64 branch target identification (bti).
Add support for ARCv3: ARC32 & ARC64.
Add support for HPPA64, and many HPPA fixes.
Add support for Haikuos on PowerPC.
Fixes for AIX, loongson, MIPS, power, sparc64, and x86 Darwin.

2024-02-17 00:50:13 by Makoto Fujiwara | Files touched by this commit (1)

Log message:
(devel/libffi) Revert buildlink3.mk to 2022 version
 - This change was said wrong location, should change python311/Makefile
      https://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2024/02/03/msg028893.html
 - Even above change may not be necessary
      https://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2024/02/12/msg028919.html
 - I connfirmed that on 10.99.10 it does not need this change
 - I don't remember why I had this problem (pyton 3.11.7 requires this change)
  Sorry and thanks
: ----------------------------------------------------------------------

2024-02-03 13:17:16 by Makoto Fujiwara | Files touched by this commit (1)

Log message:
(devel/libffi) python311-3.11.7 wants 3.4.4

2022-10-24 11:46:57 by Adam Ciarcinski | Files touched by this commit (2) | Package updated

Log message:
libffi: updated to 3.4.4
3.4.4 Oct-23-2022
Important aarch64 fixes, including support for linux builds
  with Link Time Optimization (-flto).
Fix x86 stdcall stack alignment.
Fix x86 Windows msvc assembler compatibility.
Fix moxie and or1k small structure args.

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