Loïc Minier added the comment:
While I'm at it, find_library also tries creating temp files when running gcc
and other issues mention trouble running gcc or propose running ld:
http://bugs.python.org/issue9998
http://bugs.python.org/issue5289
IMHO, calling binutils/gcc is troublesome,
Changes by Loïc Minier :
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keywords: +patch
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file23817/ctypes-arm.diff
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New submission from Loïc Minier :
Hi,
This bug was originally reported at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/898172
ctypes/utils.py provides a find_library function which amongst other things
will scan the ldconfig -p output on linux to find libraries by name. It
applies some logic to filter
