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[PATCH] gnu: libffi: Add unreleased patch to fix float128 on powerpc64le.

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Message #8 received at 44778 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: dftxbs3e <dftxbs3e <at> free.fr>
Cc: 44778 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
Subject: Re: [bug#44778] [PATCH] gnu: libffi: Add unreleased patch to fix
 float128 on powerpc64le.
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 23:31:37 +0100

Hi,

dftxbs3e <dftxbs3e <at> free.fr> skribis:

> From e195e9e9fe0409dd4b76cac87244cb2b5d7636e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: John Doe <dftxbs3e <at> free.fr>
> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 17:06:07 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: libffi: Add unreleased patch to fix float128 on
>  powerpc64le.
>
> Patch fetched from https://github.com/libffi/libffi/pull/561.patch

Bonus points for a ChangeLog-style commit message.  :-)

  https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Submitting-Patches.html

The patch LGTM, but I vaguely remember seeing similar patches by Efraim
in a branch (?), or was it for 32-bit PowerPC?

If there’s no collision with other patches in this area, we can happily
apply it.

Ludo’.

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