Hello,
I recently release libffi 3.0.11, and ABI changes are mandating a .so
number change. Despite the ABI change, I suspect that simple rebuilds
are all that will be required for dependent packages.
The ABI changes are simply:
1. Some internal debugging functions that should never have been
exported have been removed:
void ffi_stop_here(void)
void ffi_assert(char *expr, char *file, int line)
void ffi_type_test(ffi_type *a, char *file, int line)
2. A new function has been introduced to support
variadic functions (ffi_prep_cif_var).
Libtool's guidelines for .so versioning mandate that I move from
libffi.so.5.0.11 to libffi.so.6.0.0 (because functions have been
removed).
There are more than a handful of packages that depend on libffi, so
I'm looking for advice on when to make this change. Also, is there a
convenient way to determine which packages in all of Fedora depend on
libffi? I would like to notify the maintainers that rebuilds will be
required. Or is there some other way to do this?
Thanks!
AG
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