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authorMarius Bakke <marius@gnu.org>2022-08-11 19:02:53 +0200
committerMarius Bakke <marius@gnu.org>2022-08-11 22:39:13 +0200
commit462008057808ab02821d05979cb8d2f4d0769f66 (patch)
tree00fc4abcfa96af0ea639dee3892e3ed0733a3d4c /gnu/packages/libffi.scm
parent121f6e0b0c45dba24301fbd405d07123e82c2de6 (diff)
gnu: ghc: Use a LibFFI variant without static trampolines.
* gnu/packages/haskell.scm (ghc-7, ghc-8.0, ghc-8.4)[inputs]: Change from LIBFFI to LIBFFI-SANS-STATIC-TRAMPOLINES. * gnu/packages/libffi.scm (libffi-sans-static-trampolines): New variable.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/libffi.scm b/gnu/packages/libffi.scm
index 0c59509a91..923019c2ca 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/libffi.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libffi.scm
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@
#:use-module (gnu packages)
#:use-module (guix licenses)
#:use-module (guix packages)
+ #:use-module (guix gexp)
#:use-module (guix download)
#:use-module (guix git-download)
+ #:use-module (guix utils)
#:use-module (gnu packages check)
#:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
#:use-module (gnu packages python)
@@ -78,6 +80,17 @@ conversions for values passed between the two languages.")
;; See <https://github.com/atgreen/libffi/blob/master/LICENSE>.
(license expat)))
+;; Provide a variant without static trampolines as some packages
+;; (particularly GHC < 9) cannot handle them. See
+;; <https://github.com/libffi/libffi/pull/647> for a discussion.
+(define-public libffi-sans-static-trampolines
+ (hidden-package
+ (package/inherit libffi
+ (arguments
+ (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments libffi)
+ ((#:configure-flags flags #~'())
+ #~(append #$flags '("--disable-exec-static-tramp"))))))))
+
(define-public python-cffi
(package
(name "python-cffi")