Bug#595692: python2.6: ctypes.util.find_library() fails in some locales

[Jakub Wilk]

Package: python2.6
Version: 2.6.6-3
Severity: normal

$ cat find-util.so.py
from ctypes.util import find_library
print find_library('util')

$ python find-util.so.py
libutil.so.1

$ LC_ALL=pl_PL.utf8 python find-util.so.py
None


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages python2.6 depends on:
ii  libbz2-1.0                1.0.5-4        high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libc6                     2.11.2-4       Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdb4.8                  4.8.30-2       Berkeley v4.8 Database Libraries [
ii  libncursesw5              5.7+20100313-2 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libreadline6              6.1-3          GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libsqlite3-0              3.7.2-1        SQLite 3 shared library
ii  mime-support              3.48-1         MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  python2.6-minimal         2.6.6-3        A minimal subset of the Python lan

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Jakub Wilk

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