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Closes #27979: Remove bundled copy of libffi
An installed copy of libffi is now required for building _ctypes on any platform but OSX and Windows.
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‎Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst

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* A full copy of libffi is no longer bundled for use when building the
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:mod:`_ctypes <ctypes>` module on non-OSX UNIX platforms. An installed copy
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of libffi is now required when building ``_ctypes`` on such platforms.
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Contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue:`27979`.
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- Issue #27979: A full copy of libffi is no longer bundled for use when
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building _ctypes on non-OSX UNIX platforms. An installed copy of libffi is
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now required when building _ctypes on such platforms.
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- Issue #15819: Remove redundant include search directory option for building
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outside the source tree.
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