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| author | Ben Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org> | 2017-09-30 12:18:02 -0400 |
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| committer | Ben Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org> | 2017-10-02 17:16:51 -0400 |
| commit | e30d9ca6641289daa02962c775e13346dcb4782a (patch) | |
| tree | 50f861fb466cf8955441ad7b009295759f3ba54f /docs | |
| parent | c0e6c73482881ac966a5fc12ef671d405af9262a (diff) | |
| download | haskell-e30d9ca6641289daa02962c775e13346dcb4782a.tar.gz | |
rel-notes: Mention libffi packaging change
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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/8.4.1-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/8.4.1-notes.rst index f525a8197a..107519d92a 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/8.4.1-notes.rst +++ b/docs/users_guide/8.4.1-notes.rst @@ -239,3 +239,9 @@ Build system There is currently no explicit dependency between the two in the build system and such there is no way to notify ``base`` that the ``rts`` has been split, or vice versa. (see :ghc-ticket:`5987`). + +- GHC now ships with a snapshot of the ``libffi`` library, which is used for + foreign function invocation on some platforms. This was necessary as there + were numerous fixes which have not yet been incorporated into a ``libffi`` + release. However, you can still use the ``--with-system-libffi`` ``configure`` + flag to tell the build system to use the ``libffi`` installed on your system. |