bpo-35947: Update windows to the current version of libffi#11797

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paulmon:libffi-windows

Mar 29, 2019

Commits on Mar 11, 2019

Rip out libffi_msvc

zware
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Paul Monson
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Remove /safeseh, which doesn't seem to exist for ml64

zware
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Paul Monson
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Fix copy of structures when passed by value.

zooba
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Paul Monson
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preserve bug fix
Paul Monson
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use libffi 3.3
Paul Monson
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add sysv_intel.S for x86
Paul Monson
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ffi_call no longer returns stack difference from windows 32-bit
Paul Monson
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change libffi-3.3 to libffi
Paul Monson
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add blurb
Paul Monson
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change libffi-3.3 to libffi in python.props
Paul Monson
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add configured windows header files
Paul Monson
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put configured files in libffi_msvc so that they pass patchcheck.py
Paul Monson
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move configured files to ctypes-source-dep
Paul Monson
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add missing quotes
Paul Monson
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remove reference to libffi_msvc
Paul Monson
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Update PCbuild/get_externals.bat

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Paul Monson
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Update PCbuild/python.props

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Paul Monson
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basic script for configuring libffi
Paul Monson
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add cygwin info
Paul Monson
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add link to appveyor.yml used as a reference
Paul Monson
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used per-processor configured files
Paul Monson
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remove prepare_libffi.bat
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generate configured header files for libffi
Paul Monson
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improvements found by trying this with ARM
Paul Monson
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Commits on Mar 12, 2019

use prebuilt libffi binaries
Paul Monson
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build after installing vs 2019
Paul Monson
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add libffi .dll to layout
Paul Monson
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Commits on Mar 14, 2019

got libffi tests to run
Paul Monson
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Commits on Mar 15, 2019

setting MSBUILD is a better workaround
Paul Monson
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Commits on Mar 18, 2019

optionally install cygwin with required packages
Paul Monson
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Commits on Mar 29, 2019