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From: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] libffi-3.4 is on the horison (unkeyworded for now, ~arch soon)
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 19:15:01
Message-Id: 20210717201452.274892de@zn3
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] libffi-3.4 is on the horison (unkeyworded for now, ~arch soon) by Sergei Trofimovich
1 On Thu, 8 Jul 2021 00:20:58 +0100
2 Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Tl;DR
5 > -----
6 >
7 > libffi-3.4 entered ::gento without KEYWORDS today.
8 > After some testing it will be promoted into ~arch.
9 >
10 > libffi has two modes:
11 > 1. USE=-exec-static-trampoline: old (default, safe)
12 > 2. USE=exec-static-trampoline: new (cool, might expose latent bugs)
13
14 Default USE=-exec-static-trampoline did not expose any new
15 failures over past week.
16
17 If next week will be as calm we can unleash libffi into
18 ~arch next weekend (~24 July 2021).
19
20 --
21
22 Sergei

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