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+#
+# Copyright 2012-2014 Chef Software, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+name "libffi"
+default_version "3.0.13"
+
+dependency "libgcc"
+dependency "libtool"
+
+source url: "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/libffi-3.0.13.tar.gz",
+       md5: '45f3b6dbc9ee7c7dfbbbc5feba571529'
+
+relative_path "libffi-3.0.13"
+
+build do
+  env = with_standard_compiler_flags(with_embedded_path)
+
+  command "./configure" \
+          " --prefix=#{install_dir}/embedded", env: env
+
+  command "make -j #{max_build_jobs}", env: env
+  command "make -j #{max_build_jobs} install", env: env
+
+  # libffi's default install location of header files is awful...
+  copy "#{install_dir}/embedded/lib/libffi-#{version}/include/*", "#{install_dir}/embedded/include"
+
+  # On 64-bit centos, libffi libraries are places under /embedded/lib64
+  # move them over to lib
+  if rhel? && _64_bit?
+    move "#{install_dir}/embedded/lib64/*", "#{install_dir}/embedded/lib/"
+    delete "#{install_dir}/embedded/lib64"
+  end
+end
+
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