#14056: Figure out what to do about libffi -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: bgamari | Owner: (none) Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.4.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- For some platform GHC depends upon `libffi` for foreign call support in the bytecode interpreter. Unfortunately `libffi`'s upstream seems to be unresponsive and there has not been a release in nearly three years. This means that there is currently no release which has, e.g., support for AArch64 and iOS's compact debug information. While we obviously want to avoid shipping our own patched libffi, at this point we are starting to run out of options. Consider options for resolving this. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14056 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler