ports/70528: No libffi on amd64, either with native compiler or from ports

[Pete French]

>Number:         70528
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       No libffi on amd64, either with native compiler or from ports
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
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>Class:          update
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Aug 16 10:20:13 GMT 2004
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>Originator:     Pete French
>Release:        5.2-CURRENT/amd64 + ports (cvsup 14th August 2004)
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>Description:
      The installed amd64 compiler is gcc 3.4 but without libffi. Trying
to install libffi from ports says that it is not availble on amd64.
Compiling gcc 3.4 from ports also does not install libffi. The latter
puzzles me as a commit was made to gcc to add support on  the 7th Of June.

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-06/msg00354.html

Currently I am unsure as to how to get a working libffi on the
system. I would hope that it could be done without installing
all of the gcc .4 port - which seems somewhat redundant as this
is the same compiler which comes with the system - but even as a last
resport option this does not install the library.
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