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| author | Douglas R. Reno <renodr@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2018-12-13 00:05:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Douglas R. Reno <renodr@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2018-12-13 00:05:54 +0000 |
| commit | 8dbae309bba5448ab0a720ab47d29953609fef4a (patch) | |
| tree | 4e3d86ffcb78885ac98c320481b9ae3b7696c755 | |
| parent | 2e653fe5a692e40d9256030b75533614f44c5b43 (diff) | |
Add a note to libffi about portability.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11494 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/libffi.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | general.ent | 6 |
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index d8179aefc..56372337c 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -43,6 +43,18 @@ appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem. --> <listitem> + <para>2018-12-12</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>[renodr] - Add a note to libffi about optimizing for the + specific CPU in use at compile time. Similar to GMP, this causes + Illegal Operation errors if the installation is moved to another + system.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>2018-12-11</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem revision='systemd'> diff --git a/chapter06/libffi.xml b/chapter06/libffi.xml index 1ebee758d..24b8879ef 100644 --- a/chapter06/libffi.xml +++ b/chapter06/libffi.xml @@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Libffi</title> + <note> + <para>Similar to GMP, libffi builds with optimizations specific + to the proccesor in use. If building for another system, export + CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to specify a generic build for your architecture. + If this is not done, all applications that link to libffi will trigger + Illegal Operation Errors.</para> + </note> + <para>Modify the Makefile to install headers into the standard <filename class="directory">/usr/include</filename> directory instead of <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/libffi-3.2.1/include</filename>.</para> diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent index f3ec024e8..c9c00cff2 100644 --- a/general.ent +++ b/general.ent @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -<!ENTITY version "SVN-20181211"> +<!ENTITY version "SVN-20181212"> <!ENTITY short-version "svn"> <!-- Used below in &blfs-book; Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases --> <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development" or "x.y[-pre{x}]" --> -<!ENTITY versiond "20181211-systemd"> +<!ENTITY versiond "20181212-systemd"> <!ENTITY short-versiond "systemd"> <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> -<!ENTITY releasedate "December 11, 2018"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "December 12, 2018"> <!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2018"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not – --> <!ENTITY milestone "8.4"> |