Running:
- Python version 2.7.3
- Django version 1.5.2
I have a django view that indirectly makes use of python's magic library
(basically a ctypes wrapper with access to libmagic) which results in the
following error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/magic.py", line 170, in load
return _load(self._magic_t, filename)
ArgumentError: argument 2: <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: expected CString
instance instead of str
In isolation the error is repeatable using the following steps:
./manage.py shell
>>> import magic
>>> m = magic.open(magic.MAGIC_NONE)
>>> m.load("/usr/share/file/magic.mgc")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/magic.py", line 170, in load
return _load(self._magic_t, filename)
ArgumentError: argument 2: <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: expected CString
instance instead of str
Issuing the same commands from a standard python shell does not result in
the same error
Python 2.7.3 (default, Jan 2 2013, 13:56:14)
[GCC 4.7.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import magic
>>> m=magic.open(magic.MAGIC_NONE)
>>> m.load("/usr/share/file/magic.mgc")
0
Google searches for the extact typeerror have proved useless, I even
attempted to modify magic.py and cast the filename with a
ctypes.create_string_buffer() call (AFAIK there is no ctypes.CString type)
but that still failed.
The same code works fine running
- Python v. 2.7.3
- Django v. 1.4.3
I am at a loss so I turn to you "django-users" for help
Thanks in advance
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