Source: libffi
Version: 3.7.1-1
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs
Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past)
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Usertags: armhf
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Usertags: hppa
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Usertags: m68k
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Usertags: sh4
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Usertags: sparc64
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Usertags: i386

The recent libffi upload didn't build successfully on armhf, i386 and 
several -ports architectures. From the buildd log 
https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=libffi&arch=armhf&ver=3.7.1-1&stamp=1783944369&raw=0
 
and other architectures:

dpkg-gensymbols: error: some symbols or patterns disappeared in the symbols 
file: see diff output below
dpkg-gensymbols: warning: debian/libffi8/DEBIAN/symbols does not match 
completely debian/libffi8.symbols
--- debian/libffi8.symbols (libffi8_3.7.1-1_armhf)
+++ dpkg-gensymbolsJgDtu7       2026-07-13 12:06:07.296266272 +0000
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
  (symver)LIBFFI_CLOSURE_8.0 3.4
  (symver|arch=!arc !hppa !ia64 !m68k !loong64 !any-mips !any-mipsel 
!any-mips64 !nios2 !powerpc !ppc64 !ppc64el !riscv64 !sh4)LIBFFI_COMPLEX_8.0 3.4
  (symver|arch=!arc !hppa !ia64 !m68k !nios2 !sh4)LIBFFI_GO_CLOSURE_8.0 3.4
- (symver)LIBFFI_INT128_8.3 3.7
+#MISSING: 3.7.1-1# (symver)LIBFFI_INT128_8.3 3.7

Perhaps this means the affected architectures don't offer an int128 
type in their ABIs? They are mostly, but not entirely, 32-bit (sparc64 
is 64-bit).

If libffi is expected to need per-architecture symbols file adjustments, 
it might be a good idea to do the initial upload of each new upstream 
release to experimental, to avoid multiarch skew in unstable?

Thanks,
    smcv

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