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Author doko
Recipients doko, theller
Date 2009-01-06.22:02:50
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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?
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Date User Action Args
2009-01-06 22:02:52dokosetrecipients: + doko, theller
2009-01-06 22:02:52dokosetmessageid: <1231279372.3.0.860713404681.issue4861@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2009-01-06 22:02:51dokolinkissue4861 messages
2009-01-06 22:02:51dokocreate