[racket-dev] when libffi is already installed

About a minute ago, Robby Findler wrote:
> Won't said newbie's be even more confused to find that drracket
> doesn't work? Or am I missing something here?

If the builds use our own copy of libffi then that's one *less* reason
for it to not work.


> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> > Two minutes ago, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> >> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> >> > Two days ago, Matthew Flatt wrote:
> >> >> As of the latest in the git repo, when libffi is installed
> >> >> (including header files), then `configure' detects it and uses it,
> >> >> instead of building the copy of libffi that is included with the
> >> >> Racket sources.
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone see any problem with adding `--disable-libffi' to the
> >> > nightly build, to avoid making the distribution installers depend on
> >> > an installed libffi?
> >>
> >> I think the ubuntu build should use the system libffi, since I think
> >> it's installed by default on ubuntu systems.
> >
> > Shaving off a few kbs is insignificant compared to potential confusion
> > for newbies, so I really prefer the conservative option.
> >
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