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authorZachary Ware <zachary.ware@gmail.com>2016-09-10 00:01:21 (GMT)
committerZachary Ware <zachary.ware@gmail.com>2016-09-10 00:01:21 (GMT)
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Closes #27976: Deprecate bundled full copy of libffi
Builds on non-OSX UNIX now default to using the system libffi, and warn if the bundled copy is used.
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@@ -1010,6 +1010,16 @@ Build and C API Changes
Deprecated
==========
+Deprecated Build Options
+------------------------
+
+The ``--with-system-ffi`` configure flag is now on by default on non-OSX UNIX
+platforms. It may be disabled by using ``--without-system-ffi``, but using the
+flag is deprecated and will not be accepted in Python 3.7. OSX is unaffected
+by this change. Note that many OS distributors already use the
+``--with-system-ffi`` flag when building their system Python.
+
+
New Keywords
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