#9620: libffi.a is put in the wrong folder -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: rezb1t | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.10.1 Component: Build | Version: 7.9 System | Keywords: libffi lib64 Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Operating System: Linux | Difficulty: Unknown Type of failure: Building | Blocked By: GHC failed | Related Tickets: Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by rwbarton): Well it's not accidental. ghc's build system configures libffi with `--libdir=$(TOP)/libffi/build/inst/lib` with the intention that libffi should install its libraries into `libffi/build/inst/lib`. However libffi insists on installing its libraries into this mysterious "toolexeclibdir" instead. Seems like Gentoo ran into the same issue when packaging libffi: https://sourceware.org/ml/libffi-discuss/2014/msg00016.html Maybe we can adopt their workaround of `sed -i 's:@toolexeclibdir@:$(libdir):g' Makefile.in` before running libffi's configure script. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9620#comment:7 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler