I have been comiling Python 3.8 from source and have had a really difficult time with getting _ctypes to compile. I see that libffi is no longer distributed with the Python source code, in preference for what is on the system. I searched for a PEP that describes the rationale behind this, but my Google fu must be weak.
I have also seen requests that a patch be committed that makes configuring the use of libffi easier, but as far as I can tell, these have not been committed. It is something I would like to see as I am in a situation where I cannot depend on the system libffi - we support older Linux distributions that don't have libffi - an so I am making a static libffi to be linked in. Any guidance on this issue would be helpful. Thanks, TOm _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/PPAN5U3VXQ6GDQFQE6TPGEPWTK7WRJZY/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
