Re: [patch] [libffi] do not install libffi library, headers and documentation

[Samuli Suominen <ssuominen at gentoo dot org>]

On 12/02/13 14:44, Richard Biener wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > The libffi library, headers and documentation are still installed, although
> > libffi provides separate releases for a long time.  So do not install these
> > anymore as part of a GCC install.  Tested with a build and an install with go
> > and java enabled (both using libffi_convenience). Ok for the trunk?
>
> openSUSE is using the GCC provided libffi, so no, this is not ok (not at this
> stage anyway).

no reason to put others through the pain when it's openSUSE that has the 
problem
as in, openSUSE should carry a patch that restores the installation of 
GCC shipped libffi if they want

> Also proper not-installing libffi would work by disabling
> the maybe-install-target-libffi at the toplevel, not changing libffi makfiles
> (which are supposed to be imported from upstream, no?)

i think you are right

- Samuli