Request to spin new release of libffi to support ppc64le arch

[Anthony Green]

Hi Isha,

  I tried this.  Please refer to the git repo at
  http://github.com/atgreen/libffi.

Thanks,

AG

isha vishnoi <ishav@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I am working on a new architecture - ppc64le (powerpc 64-bit Little
> Endian) and building latest Libffi package downloaded from
> ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/libffi-3.0.13.tar.gz  on our ppc64le
> environment.
>
> I found that it doesn't build on ppc64le ( IBM PowerPC New
> Architecture for Little Endian ) because it was generated using an
> outdated version of Libtool.
>
> We have worked with Libtool maintainer to get alpha release that
> supports ppc64le platform.
> For the same, stable release is expected by end of the year.
>
> Can you please spin off a new version of your package using the alpha
> Libtool release.
>
> Libtool alpha release is available in below mention sites  :
>
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.418.tar.gz (1.6MB)
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.418.tar.xz (920KB)
>
> Please let me know if you need any help.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Isha Vishnoi