The issue turns out to be two issues. One is that the file Python bindings call ctypes.util.find_library() at runtime, which is not acceptable on production systems[1]. The second issue is that in the OpenCSW environment, the find_library() function does not work at all, which probably has to be fixed in the ctypes (that is, core Python) code.
However, theres is no portability issue that cannot be solved with an unportable patch[2]. Updated 5.05 packages are now in experimental[3]. Maciej [1] http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2011/000739.html [2] https://gar.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gar/csw/mgar/pkg/file/trunk/files/0002-Do-not-use-find_library-at-runtime.patch [3] http://buildfarm.opencsw.org/experimental.html#libmagic _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers .:: This mailing list's archive is public. ::.
