[Python-modules-team] python-cffi on arm64

[Stefano Rivera]

Hi Harlan (2016.12.07_21:31:35_+0200)
> I got a report of uninstallability of certbot on arm64 that's
> transitively due to a problem with the version of python-cffi in
> jessie-backports.

Sorry, it took a while for me to get around to looking at this.

The issue is that arm64 support in libffi wasn't great at the time. It
has changed a lot since then, so it's a little bit too invasive to patch
in -updates. A libffi backport could help.

SR

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