Bug 490573 - python ctypes should use system libffi
Summary: python ctypes should use system libffi
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: python
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: James Antill
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 488396
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Reported: 2009-03-17 02:37 UTC by Adam Goode
Modified: 2009-03-17 14:06 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2009-03-17 14:06:31 UTC
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Patch to python.spec to use system libffi (1.28 KB, patch)
2009-03-17 04:00 UTC, Adam Goode
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Description Adam Goode 2009-03-17 02:37:47 UTC
Description of problem:
_ctypes.so links in a private copy of libffi. It should use the system libffi to avoid duplication. A diff shows no significant changes between the system libffi and the one in ctypes.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python-2.6-5.fc11.x86_64

Comment 1 Adam Goode 2009-03-17 03:32:29 UTC
Actually, this is slightly more urgent than I realized, the local libffi in python doesn't contain ffi_closure_alloc and ffi_closure_free, which are needed to fix bug #488396.

Comment 2 Adam Goode 2009-03-17 04:00:45 UTC
Created attachment 335476 [details]
Patch to python.spec to use system libffi

Comment 3 James Antill 2009-03-17 14:06:31 UTC
Thanks for the patch, building now:

 http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1246000


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