diff -rup pypy-pypy-f66246c46ca3/rpython/translator/platform/linux.py pypy-pypy-f66246c46ca3/rpython/translator/platform/linux.py

--- pypy-pypy-f66246c46ca3/rpython/translator/platform/linux.py	2013-05-27 10:35:37.679237332 +0200

+++ pypy-pypy-f66246c46ca3/rpython/translator/platform/linux.py	2013-05-27 10:47:41.506354482 +0200

@@ -32,19 +32,20 @@ class BaseLinux(BasePosix):

         return self._pkg_config("libffi", "--libs-only-L",

                                 ['/usr/lib/libffi'])

-    def library_dirs_for_libffi_a(self):

-        # places where we need to look for libffi.a

-        # XXX obscuuure!  only look for libffi.a if run with translate.py

-        if 'translate' in sys.modules:

-            if sys.maxint > 2**32:

-                host = 'x86_64'

-            else:

-                host = 'x86'

-            return self.library_dirs_for_libffi() + [

-                '/usr/lib',

-                '/usr/lib/%s-linux-gnu/' % host]

-        else:

-            return []

+    #Fedora, at least, has the shared version but not the static:

+    #def library_dirs_for_libffi_a(self):

+    #    # places where we need to look for libffi.a

+    #    # XXX obscuuure!  only look for libffi.a if run with translate.py

+    #    if 'translate' in sys.modules:

+    #        if sys.maxint > 2**32:

+    #            host = 'x86_64'

+    #        else:

+    #            host = 'x86'

+    #        return self.library_dirs_for_libffi() + [

+    #            '/usr/lib',

+    #            '/usr/lib/%s-linux-gnu/' % host]

+    #    else:

+    #        return []

 class Linux(BaseLinux):