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ctypes.util.find_library() doesn't find OS X .bundle or .so libraries #47032

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janssen mannequin opened this issue May 7, 2008 · 6 comments
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ctypes.util.find_library() doesn't find OS X .bundle or .so libraries #47032

janssen mannequin opened this issue May 7, 2008 · 6 comments
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easy stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error

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janssen mannequin commented May 7, 2008

BPO 2783
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    janssen mannequin commented May 7, 2008

    On OS X, dynamically loadable libraries come in several flavors:
    .bundle (or, often, .so) a standard dynamically loadable module; .dylib,
    a dynamically loadable module that is also a library that can be linked
    against like a .a file; .framework, a collection of modules similar to a
    Python package. find_library() currently looks for .dylib and
    .framework libraries, but not for .bundle or .so libraries.

    @janssen janssen mannequin assigned theller May 7, 2008
    @janssen janssen mannequin added stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir easy type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error labels May 7, 2008
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    theller commented May 21, 2008

    The OS X find_library code was not written by me, the code was ripped
    from Bob Ippolitos macholib.

    Can some OS X expert please look into this?

    Shamelessly assigning to Ronald - feel free to unassign if you have no time.

    @theller theller assigned ronaldoussoren and unassigned theller May 21, 2008
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    At first glance the current behaviour is correct:

    1. Bundles aren't shared libraries, but plugin code. It should be
      possible to load bundles, but I don't agree that find_library should try
      to locate them, specially given this bit in the documentation:

    [quote]
    The purpose of the find_library function is to locate a library in a way
    similar to what the compiler does (on platforms with several versions of
    a shared library the most recent should be loaded), while the ctypes
    library loaders act like when a program is run, and call the runtime
    loader directly.
    [/quote]

    1. There is no prescribed suffix for bundles. Python uses .so and some
      other packages use .bundle, but that's just a convention that a specific
      software product chooses.

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    theller commented May 21, 2008

    Thanks, Ronald. Sounds like this bug could be closed then.

    Bill, if you want a library search function with different semantics,
    I suggest you open a feature request, describe the sematics that
    should be used and (ideally) provide a patch.

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    janssen mannequin commented May 21, 2008

    I thought you might say that :-). No, I'm good with this resolution. If I
    provide a patch, it will be for the LD_LIBRARY_PATH problem.

    Though -- I think there's an interesting question about what the purpose of
    "find_library()" actually is, as opposed to what it's current implementation
    is. I disagree with Ronald's strict reading of the documentation. I think
    it should emulate the behavior of the dynamic linker, not the C compiler.
    That is, it should look for the libraries as "ld.so" (or its platform
    equivalent) would, because the purpose of finding them is to load them with
    CDLL. This behavior is different from what the compiler does.

    I also think find_library() should just be moved into the ctypes library,
    not dangling off by itself in the otherwise unused util sub-module.

    Bill

    On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Thomas Heller <report@bugs.python.org>
    wrote:

    Thomas Heller <theller@ctypes.org> added the comment:

    Thanks, Ronald. Sounds like this bug could be closed then.

    Bill, if you want a library search function with different semantics,
    I suggest you open a feature request, describe the sematics that
    should be used and (ideally) provide a patch.

    Tracker <report@bugs.python.org>
    <http://bugs.python.org/issue2783\>

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    Bill, even if find_library were to emulate the runtime linker it shouldn't
    find objects of type MH_BUNDLE.

    Those are not shared libraries, but explicitly meant to be used as code
    resources for plugins. find_library should not return bz2.so when your
    working directory happens to be ${sys.prefix}/lib/python*/lib-dynload and
    you call find_library('bz2').

    BTW. What is your usecase?

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