New submission from Matthias Klose <d...@debian.org>: there are some problems with ctypes.util.find_library(), which I would like to see fixed on active branches.
- find_library is not robust, if either objdump or gcc are not installed. fixed by raising an exception if the tools are not found. Is OSError the correct type for this exception? - ldconfig -p already prints the shared object name. afaics there is no need to call objdump again. - the regexp to scan the ldconfig -p output is wrong for architectures where libraries of more than one abi type are installed, e.g. having ix86 libs on a x86_64 system. Having only the library installed which doesn't match the python executable lets find_library find the wrong library. Note that the patch is only correct under the assumption that the python executable is unstalled for the "main" abi. patch attached, ok to check in? ---------- assignee: theller components: ctypes files: ctypes-findlib.diff keywords: patch, patch messages: 79294 nosy: doko, theller severity: normal status: open title: fix problems with ctypes.util.find_library versions: Python 2.5, Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.0, Python 3.1 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file12626/ctypes-findlib.diff _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4861> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
