RE: [DotGNU]libffi changes to pnet

[James Mc Parlane]

I got a reply from the lib ffi maintainer about porting linbffi to hpux.

He emailed me with the enthusiasm of an island chief greeting some poor sap
who had only just washed up on the beach that morning, but seemed willing to
start on a tour of the local volcano.

I've got some research to do on hpux calling conventions and libffi ... l8r!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhys Weatherley [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 8:17 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [DotGNU]libffi changes to pnet
> 
> 
> I've updated the CVS version of pnet so that it can
> build either with or without libffi.
> 
> By default, libffi is turned off on hpux, but turned
> on for everything else.  I'll disable other hosts as
> we come across ones that don't work.
> 
> It is also possible to manually turn off libffi with
> the "--without-libffi" option to "configure", but I
> wouldn't recommend it unless you really need it.
> 
> As stated previously, turning off libffi also turns
> off PInvoke support.  There's no way to do PInvoke
> in a portable manner without libffi.
> 
> I also fixed the hpux/libgc issue in the CVS version,
> so it should be possible to get further with the hpux
> build now.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rhys.
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