libffi @3.4.6_1: invalid CFI advance_loc expression when installing on macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 (a) (25D771280a)

[AlDante (AlDante)]

:info:build /opt/local/var/macports/build/libffi-7351043f/work/.tmp/sysv-2c52d5.s:28:2: error: invalid CFI advance_loc expression
:info:build  .cfi_def_cfa x1, 40;
:info:build  ^
:info:build /opt/local/var/macports/build/libffi-7351043f/work/.tmp/sysv-2c52d5.s:255:2: error: invalid CFI advance_loc expression
:info:build  .cfi_adjust_cfa_offset (8*2 + (8 * 16 + 8 * 8) + 64)
:info:build  ^

[AlDante (AlDante)]

/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_github.com_macports_macports-ports_archive_master_ports_devel_libffi/libffi/main.log

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Please selfupdate, as the current version of libffi is 3.4.8.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Right, this was fixed a year ago in #72271.

The log says you're using MacPorts 2.12.4 which was released last week, so you either already used selfupdate to get that but it didn't update your ports for some reason, or maybe you installed MacPorts 2.12.4 from source.

Based on "_opt_local_var_macports_sources_github.com_macports_macports-ports_archive_master_ports_devel_libffi" in the log, you're not using our ports collection from rsync but from git. Is your git repo up to date and using our master branch? Do you have any local modifications that might account for it using the old libffi 3.4.6 instead of the current 3.4.8?

[fhgwright (Fred Wright)]

Replying to ryandesign:

Right, this was fixed a year ago in #72271.

Indeed, and that introduced 3.4.6_2, so this issue is specifically about the version prior to the fix, which is expected to fail on some platforms. Perhaps the ticket guidelines should mention that filing tickets against outdated versions should be avoided unless there's some really good reason to do so.

I just reconfirmed that 3.4.8 builds just fine on 26.4 (arm64). This ticket should be closed as "worksforme" (or as a duplicate of #72271).

Also, I'm pretty sure that #68993 is obsolete.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #73809.