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Re: Libffi merge [Was Re: [patch] powerpc libffi Net/FreeBSD ]
- From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
- To: Jack Howarth <howarth at bromo dot med dot uc dot edu>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, libffi-discuss at sourceware dot org, java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:51:29 +0100
- Subject: Re: Libffi merge [Was Re: [patch] powerpc libffi Net/FreeBSD ]
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Jack Howarth wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 10:39:56AM +0100, Andrew Haley wrote:
>> My first wodge of changes will be only the substantive differences
>> in the library itself: later I'll get to the testsuite and the rest.
>> To begin with, I'm just going to update upstream libffi with the gcc
>> changes, and then see how much difference there is. I'm guessing not
>> much.
>>
>> Questions for Anthony Green:
>>
>> 1. I don't understand the libffi version numbers. Can you give
>> me any explanations? It seems to be 3.0.8 upstream but 2.1 in gcc,
>> but this doesn't seem in any way to correspond with reality.
>>
>> 2. What's with the ChangeLog.libffi and ChangeLog.libgcj files?
> Has there been any code exchange between the upstream libffi and
> the forked libffi that PyObjC uses? I was told the following by Bill Bumgarner
> at Apple a couple years back....
I certainly haven't done any.
Of course, any improvements from PyObjC would be considered on their merits,
just like any other submissions.
Andrew.