[issue44759] ctype generates misleading error-msg opening lib.so when compiled for wrong arch

Stephan Bökelmann added the comment: Fail. Didn't read your reply carefully enough. You wasn't asking for my info. Thanks anyway -- stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue44759] ctype generates misleading error-msg opening lib.so when compiled for wrong arch

Stephan Bökelmann added the comment: my fault! I am running Ubuntu 18 in WSL >> uname -a Linux 4.4.0-22000-Microsoft #1-Microsoft Fri Jun 04 16:28:00 PST 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- ___ Python tracker

[issue44759] ctype generates misleading error-msg opening lib.so when compiled for wrong arch

Eric V. Smith added the comment: I don't think we get enough information from the operating system in order to generate the message that you'd like to see, unfortunately. -- nosy: +eric.smith ___ Python tracker

[issue44759] ctype generates misleading error-msg opening lib.so when compiled for wrong arch

New submission from Stephan Bökelmann : When trying to open a lib.so that has been compiled for a different architecture an error-msg is emitted saying. "no such file or directory" this is misleading behavior. changing the error-msg to. "library not compatible with architecture" would have