--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/lang/pypy311/files/patch-rpython_rlib_clibffi.py	Wed Mar 12 17:01:42 2025 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- rpython/rlib/clibffi.py.orig	2025-02-22 16:54:09 UTC
++++ rpython/rlib/clibffi.py
+@@ -77,11 +77,16 @@ if not _WIN32:
+     library_dirs = platform.library_dirs_for_libffi()
+     libraries = ['ffi']
+     link_files = []
+-    for libdir in library_dirs:
+-        candidate = os.path.join(libdir, "libffi.a")
+-        if os.path.exists(candidate):
+-            link_files.append(candidate)
+-            libraries = []
++    #
++    # fag: linking with libffi.a yields an error on FreeBSD because it is
++    #      not compiled with -fPIC: so link with libffi.so instead. This
++    #      is also true for previous versions of pypy.
++    #
++    # for libdir in library_dirs:
++    #     candidate = os.path.join(libdir, "libffi.a")
++    #     if os.path.exists(candidate):
++    #         link_files.append(candidate)
++    #         libraries = []
+ 
+     eci = ExternalCompilationInfo(
+         pre_include_bits = pre_include_bits,