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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/libffi.xml b/chapter08/libffi.xml
index aaba5ce3e..1c93a7df4 100644
--- a/chapter08/libffi.xml
+++ b/chapter08/libffi.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
--disable-static \
--with-gcc-arch=native \
- --disable-exec-static-tramp </userinput></screen>
+ --disable-exec-static-tramp</userinput></screen>
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <!-- To editors: remove it when downstreams are properly
+ fixed. -->
+ <term><parameter>--disable-exec-static-tramp</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Disable static trampoline support. It's a new security
+ feature in libffi, but some BLFS packages (notably
+ <application>GJS</application> and
+ <application>gobject-introspection</application>) have not been
+ adapted for it.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
<para>Compile the package:</para>