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1.15.5 / 2022-01-10
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Fixed:
* Fix long double argument or return values on 32bit i686. #849
* FFI::ConstGenerator: avoid usage of the same binary file simultaneously. #929

Added:
* Add Windows fat binary gem for Ruby-3.1

Removed:
* Remove Windows fat binary gem for Ruby < 2.4


1.15.4 / 2021-09-01
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Fixed:
* Fix build for uClibc. #913
* Correct module lookup when including `ffi-module` gem. #912

Changed:
* Use ruby code of the ffi gem in JRuby-9.2.20+. #915


1.15.3 / 2021-06-16
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Fixed:
* Fix temporary packaging issue with libffi. #904


1.15.2 / 2021-06-16
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Added:
* Add support for Windows MINGW-UCRT build. #903
* Add `/opt/homebrew/lib/` to fallback search paths to improve homebrew support. #880 #882

Changed:
* Regenerate `types.conf` for FreeBSD12 aarch64. #902


1.15.1 / 2021-05-22
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Fixed:
* Append -pthread to linker options. #893
* Use arm or aarch64 to identify Apple ARM CPU arch. #899
* Allow overriding `gcc` with the `CC` env var in `const_generator.rb` and `struct_generator.rb`. #897


1.15.0 / 2021-03-05
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Fixed:
* Fix MSVC build
* Fix async callbacks in conjunction with fork(). #884

Added:
* Allow to pass callbacks in varargs. #885
* Name the threads for FFI callback dispatcher and async thread calls for easier debugging. #883
  The name can be retrieved by Thread.name and is shown by Thread.list.inspect etc.
  Even gdb shows the thread name on supported operating systems.
* Add types.conf for powerpc64le-linux
* Add types.conf for riscv64-linux
* More release automation of ffi gems

Changed:
* Switch from rubygems-tasks to bundler/gem_helper

Removed:
* Remove unused VariadicInvoker#init


1.14.2 / 2020-12-21
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Fixed:
* Fix builtin libffi on newer Ubuntu caused by an outdated Makefile.in . #863


1.14.1 / 2020-12-19
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Changed:
* Revert changes to FFI::Pointer#write_string made in ffi-1.14.0.
  It breaks compatibilty in a way that can cause hard to find errors. #857


1.14.0 / 2020-12-18
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Added:
* Add types.conf for x86_64-msys, x86_64-haiku, aarch64-openbsd and aarch64-darwin (alias arm64-darwin)
* Add method AbstractMemory#size_limit? . #829
* Add new extconf option --enable-libffi-alloc which is enabled per default on Apple M1 (arm64-darwin).

Changed:
* Do NULL pointer check only when array length > 0 . #305
* Raise an error on an unknown order argument. #830
* Change FFI::Pointer#write_string to terminate with a NUL byte like other string methods. #805
* Update bundled libffi to latest master.

Removed:
* Remove win32/stdint.h and stdbool.h because of copyright issue.  #693

Fixed:
* Fix possible UTF-8 load error in loader script interpretation. #792
* Fix segfault on non-array argument to #write_array_of_*
* Fix memory leak in MethodHandle . #815
* Fix possible segfault in combination with fiddle or other libffi using gems . #835
* Fix possibility to use ffi ruby gem with JRuby-9.3 . #763
* Fix a GC issue, when a callback Proc is used on more than 2 callback signatures. #820


1.13.1 / 2020-06-09
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Changed:
* Revert use of `ucrtbase.dll` as default C library on Windows-MINGW.
  `ucrtbase.dll` is still used on MSWIN target. #790
* Test for `ffi_prep_closure_loc()` to make sure we can use this function.
  This fixes incorrect use of system libffi on MacOS Mojave (10.14). #787
* Update types.conf on x86_64-dragonflybsd


1.13.0 / 2020-06-01
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Added:
* Add TruffleRuby support. Almost all specs are running on TruffleRuby and succeed. #768
* Add ruby source files to the java gem. This allows to ship the Ruby library code per platform java gem and add it as a default gem to JRuby. #763
* Add FFI::Platform::LONG_DOUBLE_SIZE
* Add bounds checks for writing to an inline char[] . #756
* Add long double as callback return value. #771
* Update type definitions and add types from stdint.h and stddef.h on i386-windows, x86_64-windows, x86_64-darwin, x86_64-linux, arm-linux, powerpc-linux. #749
* Add new type definitions for powerpc-openbsd and sparcv9-openbsd. #775, #778

Changed:
* Raise required ruby version to >= 2.3.
* Lots of cleanups and improvements in library, specs and benchmarks.
* Fix a lot of compiler warnings at the C-extension
* Fix several install issues on MacOS:
  * Look for libffi in SDK paths, since recent versions of macOS removed it from `/usr/include` . #757
  * Fix error `ld: library not found for -lgcc_s.10.4`
  * Don't built for i386 architecture as it is deprecated
* Several fixes for MSVC build on Windows. #779
* Use `ucrtbase.dll` as default C library on Windows instead of old `msvcrt.dll`. #779
* Update builtin libffi to fix a Powerpc issue with parameters of type long
* Allow unmodified sourcing of (the ruby code of) this gem in JRuby and TruffleRuby as a default gem. #747
* Improve check to detect if a module has a #find_type method suitable for FFI. This fixes compatibility with stdlib `mkmf` . #776

Removed:
* Reject callback with `:string` return type at definition, because it didn't work so far and is not save to use. #751, #782


1.12.2 / 2020-02-01
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* Fix possible segfault at FFI::Struct#[] and []= after GC.compact . #742


1.12.1 / 2020-01-14
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Added:
* Add binary gem support for ruby-2.7 on Windows


1.12.0 / 2020-01-14
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Added:
* FFI::VERSION is defined as part of `require 'ffi'` now.
  It is no longer necessary to `require 'ffi/version'` .

Changed:
* Update libffi to latest master.

Deprecated:
* Overwriting struct layouts is now warned and will be disallowed in ffi-2.0. #734, #735


1.11.3 / 2019-11-25
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Removed:
* Remove support for tainted objects which cause deprecation warnings in ruby-2.7. #730


1.11.2 / 2019-11-11
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Added:
* Add DragonFlyBSD as a platform. #724

Changed:
* Sort all types.conf files, so that files and changes are easier to compare.
* Regenerated type conf for freebsd12 and x86_64-linux targets. #722
* Remove MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET that was targeting very old version 10.4. #647
* Fix library name mangling for non glibc Linux/UNIX. #727
* Fix compiler warnings raised by ruby-2.7
* Update libffi to latest master.


1.11.1 / 2019-05-20
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Changed:
* Raise required ruby version to >=2.0. #699, #700
* Fix a possible linker error on ruby < 2.3 on Linux.


1.11.0 / 2019-05-17
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This version was yanked on 2019-05-20 to fix an install issue on ruby-1.9.3. #700

Added:
* Add ability to disable or force use of system libffi. #669
  Use like `gem inst ffi -- --enable-system-libffi` .
* Add ability to call FFI callbacks from outside of FFI call frame. #584
* Add proper documentation to FFI::Generator and ::Task
* Add gemspec metadata. #696, #698

Changed:
* Fix stdcall on Win32. #649, #669
* Fix load paths for FFI::Generator::Task
* Fix FFI::Pointer#read_string(0) to return a binary String. #692
* Fix benchmark suite so that it runs on ruby-2.x
* Move FFI::Platform::CPU from C to Ruby. #663
* Move FFI::StructByReference to Ruby. #681
* Move FFI::DataConverter to Ruby (#661)
* Various cleanups and improvements of specs and benchmarks

Removed:
* Remove ruby-1.8 and 1.9 compatibility code. #683
* Remove unused spec files. #684


1.10.0 / 2019-01-06
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Added:
* Add /opt/local/lib/ to ffi's fallback library search path. #638
* Add binary gem support for ruby-2.6 on Windows
* Add FreeBSD on AArch64 and ARM support. #644
* Add FFI::LastError.winapi_error on Windows native or Cygwin. #633

Changed:
* Update to rake-compiler-dock-0.7.0
* Use 64-bit inodes on FreeBSD >= 12. #644
* Switch time_t and suseconds_t types to long on FreeBSD. #627
* Make register_t long_long on 64-bit FreeBSD. #644
* Fix Pointer#write_array_of_type #637

Removed:
* Drop binary gem support for ruby-2.0 and 2.1 on Windows


1.9.25 / 2018-06-03
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Changed:
* Revert closures via libffi.
  This re-adds ClosurePool and fixes compat with SELinux enabled systems. #621


1.9.24 / 2018-06-02
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Security Note:

This update addresses vulnerability CVE-2018-1000201: DLL loading issue which can be hijacked on Windows OS, when a Symbol is used as DLL name instead of a String. Found by Matthew Bush.

Added:
* Added a CHANGELOG file
* Add mips64(eb) support, and mips r6 support. (#601)

Changed:
* Update libffi to latest changes on master.
* Don't search in hardcoded /usr paths on Windows.
* Don't treat Symbol args different to Strings in ffi_lib.
* Make sure size_t is defined in Thread.c. Fixes #609


1.9.23 / 2018-02-25
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Changed:
* Fix unnecessary rebuild of configure in darwin multi arch. Fixes #605


1.9.22 / 2018-02-22
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Changed:
* Update libffi to latest changes on master.
* Update detection of system libffi to match new requirements. Fixes #617
* Prefer bundled libffi over system libffi on Mac OS.
* Do closures via libffi. This removes ClosurePool and fixes compat with PaX. #540
* Use a more deterministic gem packaging.
* Fix unnecessary update of autoconf files at gem install.


1.9.21 / 2018-02-06
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Added:
* Ruby-2.5 support by Windows binary gems. Fixes #598
* Add missing win64 types.
* Added support for Bitmask. (#573)
* Add support for MSYS2 (#572) and Sparc64 Linux. (#574)

Changed:
* Fix read_string to not throw an error on length 0.
* Don't use absolute paths for sh and env. Fixes usage on Adroid #528
* Use Ruby implementation for `which` for better compat with Windows. Fixes #315
* Fix compatibility with PPC64LE platform. (#577)
* Normalize sparc64 to sparcv9. (#575)

Removed:
* Drop Ruby 1.8.7 support (#480)


1.9.18 / 2017-03-03
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Added:
* Add compatibility with Ruby-2.4.

Changed:
* Add missing shlwapi.h include to fix Windows build.
* Avoid undefined behaviour of LoadLibrary() on Windows. #553


1.9.17 / 2017-01-13
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