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author | Christian Heim <phreak@gentoo.org> | 2007-12-27 09:39:03 +0000 |
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committer | Christian Heim <phreak@gentoo.org> | 2007-12-27 09:39:03 +0000 |
commit | d6a6f56dc0b6ad89e2e9b6894bddb7d965ad1481 (patch) | |
tree | 0122a7daa09680502fa666b724f9ebe518b0b3a6 /dev-libs/libffi | |
parent | sign manifest (diff) | |
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Fixing the maintainer. It's supposed to be maintainer-needed.
(Portage version: 2.1.3.19)
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-rw-r--r-- | dev-libs/libffi/metadata.xml | 55 |
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/dev-libs/libffi/ChangeLog b/dev-libs/libffi/ChangeLog index fa09b8d56b07..c5d28cfbe838 100644 --- a/dev-libs/libffi/ChangeLog +++ b/dev-libs/libffi/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@ # ChangeLog for dev-libs/libffi # Copyright 2002-2007 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2 -# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-libs/libffi/ChangeLog,v 1.50 2007/12/05 20:27:22 mr_bones_ Exp $ +# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-libs/libffi/ChangeLog,v 1.51 2007/12/27 09:39:03 phreak Exp $ + + 27 Dec 2007; Christian Heim <phreak@gentoo.org> metadata.xml: + Fixing the maintainer. It's supposed to be maintainer-needed. 05 Dec 2007; Michael Sterrett <mr_bones_@gentoo.org> -libffi-3.3.5.ebuild: remove old, dep-broken version diff --git a/dev-libs/libffi/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/libffi/metadata.xml index 8287c1c41cf1..238cc07b775d 100644 --- a/dev-libs/libffi/metadata.xml +++ b/dev-libs/libffi/metadata.xml @@ -1,33 +1,36 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> <pkgmetadata> -<herd>no-herd</herd> -<longdescription> -Compilers for high level languages generate code that follow certain -conventions. These conventions are necessary, in part, for separate -compilation to work. One such convention is the "calling -convention". The "calling convention" is essentially a set of -assumptions made by the compiler about where function arguments will -be found on entry to a function. A "calling convention" also specifies -where the return value for a function is found. + <herd>no-herd</herd> + <maintainer> + <email>maintainer-needed@gentoo.org</email> + </maintainer> + <longdescription lang="en"> + Compilers for high level languages generate code that follow certain + conventions. These conventions are necessary, in part, for separate + compilation to work. One such convention is the "calling + convention". The "calling convention" is essentially a set of + assumptions made by the compiler about where function arguments will + be found on entry to a function. A "calling convention" also specifies + where the return value for a function is found. -Some programs may not know at the time of compilation what arguments -are to be passed to a function. For instance, an interpreter may be -told at run-time about the number and types of arguments used to call -a given function. Libffi can be used in such programs to provide a -bridge from the interpreter program to compiled code. + Some programs may not know at the time of compilation what arguments + are to be passed to a function. For instance, an interpreter may be + told at run-time about the number and types of arguments used to call + a given function. Libffi can be used in such programs to provide a + bridge from the interpreter program to compiled code. -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. + 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. -Ffi stands for Foreign Function Interface. A foreign function -interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code -written in one language to call code written in another language. The -libffi library really only provides the lowest, machine dependent -layer of a fully featured foreign function interface. A layer must -exist above libffi that handles type conversions for values passed -between the two languages. -</longdescription> + Ffi stands for Foreign Function Interface. A foreign function + interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code + written in one language to call code written in another language. The + libffi library really only provides the lowest, machine dependent + layer of a fully featured foreign function interface. A layer must + exist above libffi that handles type conversions for values passed + between the two languages. + </longdescription> </pkgmetadata> |