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Port details on branch 2025Q1
libffi Foreign Function Interface
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Maintainer: kbowling@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: unknown
Last Update: 2025-04-17 20:06:37
Commit Hash: b88ce9e
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License: MIT
WWW:
https://sourceware.org/libffi/
Description:
The libffi library provides a portable, high level programming interface to various calling conventions. This allows a programmer to call any function specified by a call interface description at run time.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/libffi-3.4.8/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/libffi-3.4.8/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/libffi-3.4.8/MIT
  5. include/ffi.h
  6. include/ffitarget.h
  7. lib/libffi.a
  8. lib/libffi.so
  9. lib/libffi.so.8
  10. lib/libffi.so.8.1.4
  11. libdata/pkgconfig/libffi.pc
  12. share/man/man3/ffi.3.gz
  13. share/man/man3/ffi_call.3.gz
  14. share/man/man3/ffi_prep_cif.3.gz
  15. share/man/man3/ffi_prep_cif_var.3.gz
  16. @owner
  17. @group
  18. @mode
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Dependency lines:
  • libffi>0:devel/libffi
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/devel/libffi/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install devel/libffi
  • pkg install libffi
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: libffi
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1744920338 SHA256 (libffi-3.4.8.tar.gz) = bc9842a18898bfacb0ed1252c4febcc7e78fa139fd27fdc7a3e30d9d9356119b SIZE (libffi-3.4.8.tar.gz) = 1397992
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
libffi
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest3.4.83.4.83.3_13.4.83.4.8-3.3_1-
FreeBSD:13:quarterly3.4.63.4.63.4.43.4.63.4.63.4.43.4.43.4.4
FreeBSD:14:latest3.4.73.4.83.4.43.4.73.4.83.4.4-3.4.4
FreeBSD:14:quarterly3.4.63.4.6-3.4.63.4.63.4.43.4.43.4.4
FreeBSD:15:latest3.4.83.4.8n/a3.4.6n/a3.4.4_13.4.4_13.4.4_1
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Test dependencies:
  1. runtest : misc/dejagnu
Runtime dependencies:
  1. indexinfo : print/indexinfo
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. lang/ruby32
  2. lang/ruby33
  3. lang/ruby34
  4. lang/ruby35
  5. lang/sagittarius-scheme

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. lang/ruby19*
  2. lang/ruby20*
  3. lang/ruby21*
  4. lang/ruby22*
  5. lang/ruby23*
  6. lang/ruby24*
  7. lang/ruby25*
  8. lang/ruby26*
  9. lang/ruby27*
  10. lang/ruby30*
  11. lang/ruby31*
  12. Collapse this list of deleted ports.
for Libraries
  1. biology/abyss
  2. cad/hs-verismith
  3. cad/lepton-eda
  4. cad/nvc
  5. cad/opencascade
  6. cad/yosys
  7. cad/yosys-ghdl-plugin
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  2. cad/yosys-systemverilog
  3. converters/hs-aeson-pretty
  4. converters/hs-dhall-bash
  5. converters/hs-dhall-json
  6. converters/hs-dhall-yaml
  7. deskutils/hs-arbtt
  8. devel/criterion
  9. devel/ctypes.sh
  10. devel/electron32
  11. devel/electron33
  12. devel/electron34
  13. devel/electron35
  14. devel/electron36
  15. devel/elm-format
  16. devel/g-golf
  17. devel/g-wrap
  18. devel/glib20
  19. devel/gobject-introspection
  20. devel/hs-ShellCheck
  21. devel/hs-alex
  22. devel/hs-cabal-install
  23. devel/hs-cabal-plan
  24. devel/hs-cpphs
  25. devel/hs-darcs
  26. devel/hs-ghc-events
  27. devel/hs-ghcprofview
  28. devel/hs-git-annex
  29. devel/hs-git-brunch
  30. devel/hs-hadolint
  31. devel/hs-happy
  32. devel/hs-haskell-language-server
  33. devel/hs-hasktags
  34. devel/hs-hlint
  35. devel/hs-hoogle
  36. devel/hs-hpack
  37. devel/hs-hspec-discover
  38. devel/hs-mueval
  39. devel/hs-ormolu
  40. devel/hs-profiteur
  41. devel/hs-shake
  42. devel/hs-spago
  43. devel/hs-threadscope
  44. devel/libgnt
  45. devel/lua-lgi
  46. devel/p5-FFI-Platypus
  47. devel/p5-Glib-Object-Introspection
  48. devel/php81-ffi
  49. devel/php82-ffi
  50. devel/php83-ffi
  51. devel/php84-ffi
  52. devel/py-cffi
  53. devel/py-pygobject
  54. devel/pygobject-common
  55. devel/rubygem-ffi
  56. devel/rubygem-fiddle
  57. devel/stack
  58. devel/wasmer
  59. editors/vscode
  60. finance/hs-hledger
  61. finance/hs-hledger-ui
  62. finance/hs-hledger-web
  63. finance/quba-viewer
  64. games/hs-scroll
  65. games/lwjgl3
  66. graphics/hs-tart
  67. graphics/openfx-arena
  68. graphics/wayland
  69. lang/cjs
  70. lang/crystal
  71. lang/dhall
  72. lang/ecl
  73. lang/elm
  74. lang/gforth
  75. lang/ghc
  76. lang/ghc92
  77. lang/ghc94
  78. lang/ghc96
  79. lang/gjs
  80. lang/gnustep-base
  81. lang/guile2
  82. lang/guile3
  83. lang/hs-brainfuck
  84. lang/hs-futhark
  85. lang/hs-koka
  86. lang/hs-unlambda
  87. lang/inko
  88. lang/librep
  89. lang/micropython
  90. lang/newlisp
  91. lang/pharo
  92. lang/picolisp
  93. lang/polyml
  94. lang/purescript
  95. lang/python27
  96. lang/python310
  97. lang/python311
  98. lang/python312
  99. lang/python39
  100. lang/quilc
  101. lang/racket
  102. lang/racket-minimal
  103. lang/sagittarius-scheme
  104. lang/smalltalk
  105. lang/snobol4
  106. lang/spidermonkey102
  107. lang/spidermonkey78
  108. lang/spidermonkey91
  109. lang/squeak
  110. lang/tauthon
  111. lang/trealla-prolog
  112. lang/yabasic
  113. mail/oama
  114. mail/thunderbird
  115. mail/thunderbird-esr
  116. math/hs-Agda
  117. math/hs-syfco
  118. math/maxima
  119. misc/hs-hascard
  120. net/pacemaker2
  121. net-im/matterhorn
  122. net-im/signal-desktop
  123. net-p2p/cardano-db-sync
  124. net-p2p/cardano-node
  125. net-p2p/ogmios
  126. ports-mgmt/hs-cabal2tuple
  127. ports-mgmt/hs-panopticum
  128. print/hs-hscolour
  129. science/paraview
  130. science/zotero
  131. security/hs-cryptol
  132. security/p11-kit
  133. security/wazuh-manager
  134. sysutils/cardano-cli
  135. sysutils/hs-cputype
  136. sysutils/libdnf
  137. textproc/cgrep
  138. textproc/hs-lhs2tex
  139. textproc/hs-pandoc
  140. textproc/hs-pandoc-crossref
  141. textproc/hs-yaml
  142. www/chromium
  143. www/firefox
  144. www/firefox-esr
  145. www/hs-DAV
  146. www/hs-gitit
  147. www/hs-hjsmin
  148. www/hs-postgrest
  149. www/hs-wai-app-static
  150. www/hs-yesod-bin
  151. www/iridium
  152. www/librewolf
  153. www/tor-browser
  154. www/ungoogled-chromium
  155. www/waterfox
  156. x11/conlecterm
  157. x11/hs-xmobar
  158. x11-toolkits/guile-gnome-platform
  159. x11-wm/hs-xmonad
  160. Collapse this list.

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. databases/compass*
  2. devel/electron23*
  3. devel/electron24*
  4. devel/electron25*
  5. devel/electron26*
  6. devel/electron27*
  7. devel/electron28*
  8. devel/electron29*
  9. devel/electron30*
  10. devel/electron31*
  11. devel/hs-bytestring-nums*
  12. devel/hs-c2hs*
  13. devel/hs-drift*
  14. devel/hs-haddock*
  15. devel/hs-hdoc*
  16. devel/hs-hls-install*
  17. devel/hs-idoc*
  18. devel/lua-alien*
  19. devel/php74-ffi*
  20. devel/php80-ffi*
  21. devel/pure-ffi*
  22. devel/py-gobject*
  23. devel/py-gobject3*
  24. devel/py3-cffi*
  25. devel/py3-gobject3*
  26. devel/rubygem-ffi110*
  27. devel/seed*
  28. devel/seed3*
  29. devel/yosys*
  30. games/hedgewars-server*
  31. graphics/copperspice*
  32. java/jamvm*
  33. java/sablevm*
  34. lang/ghc810*
  35. lang/ghc843*
  36. lang/ghc844*
  37. lang/ghc862*
  38. lang/newlisp-devel*
  39. lang/pypy*
  40. lang/pypy-devel*
  41. lang/pypy3*
  42. lang/pypy3-devel*
  43. lang/python26*
  44. lang/python31*
  45. lang/python32*
  46. lang/python33*
  47. lang/python34*
  48. lang/python35*
  49. lang/python36*
  50. lang/python37*
  51. lang/python38*
  52. lang/racket-textual*
  53. lang/spidermonkey38*
  54. lang/spidermonkey52*
  55. lang/spidermonkey60*
  56. lang/spidermonkey68*
  57. lang/stklos*
  58. lang/whitespace*
  59. math/freemat*
  60. math/hs-penrose*
  61. math/sage*
  62. textproc/hs-pandoc-citeproc*
  63. textproc/hs-pandoc32*
  64. www/libxul*
  65. www/seamonkey*
  66. x11-servers/wayland*
  67. x11-toolkits/gtkada3*
  68. Collapse this list of deleted ports.
for Run
  1. devel/ruby-build
  2. lang/ruby32
  3. lang/ruby33
  4. lang/ruby34
  5. lang/ruby35
  6. security/yubioath-desktop

Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 11 deleted ports
  1. lang/ruby19*
  2. lang/ruby20*
  3. lang/ruby21*
  4. lang/ruby22*
  5. lang/ruby23*
  6. lang/ruby24*
  7. lang/ruby25*
  8. lang/ruby26*
  9. lang/ruby27*
  10. lang/ruby30*
  11. lang/ruby31*
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://github.com/libffi/libffi/releases/download/v3.4.8/
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