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Drop libffi-devel from the cibuildwheel Linux before-all step #236

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Drop libffi-devel from the cibuildwheel Linux before-all step
bdraco May 17, 2026
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Merge branch 'master' into drop-libffi-devel-before-all
bdraco May 17, 2026
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions CHANGES/236.contrib.rst
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Dropped the ``libffi-devel`` install from the ``cibuildwheel``
Linux ``before-all`` step. It was added in :pr:`75` so
``cffi`` could build from source during wheel testing; the
current wheel-test chain no longer pulls in ``cffi``, so the
header package is dead weight
-- by :user:`bdraco`.
6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions pyproject.toml
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pure-python = "false"

[tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
# ccache is installed alongside libffi-devel so the compiler-cache wrapping
# Install ccache in the build container so the compiler-cache wrapping
# configured by the CI workflow (PATH=/usr/lib64/ccache:... + bind-mounted
# CCACHE_DIR) actually finds a ccache binary inside the build container.
before-all = "(yum install -y libffi-devel ccache) || (apk add --upgrade libffi-dev ccache) || (apt-get install -y libffi-dev ccache)"
# CCACHE_DIR) actually finds a ccache binary.
before-all = "(yum install -y ccache) || (apk add --upgrade ccache) || (apt-get install -y ccache)"

[tool.ruff.lint]
# Keep this list small and intentional; the rest of the project still
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