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-rw-r--r--Lib/ctypes/util.py7
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_find.py3
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-21-16-32-55.gh-issue-114257.bCFld5.rst2
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index 0c2510e..c550883 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -96,8 +96,11 @@ elif os.name == "posix":
def _is_elf(filename):
"Return True if the given file is an ELF file"
elf_header = b'\x7fELF'
- with open(filename, 'br') as thefile:
- return thefile.read(4) == elf_header
+ try:
+ with open(filename, 'br') as thefile:
+ return thefile.read(4) == elf_header
+ except FileNotFoundError:
+ return False
def _findLib_gcc(name):
# Run GCC's linker with the -t (aka --trace) option and examine the
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_find.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_find.py
index 1ff9d01..a41e949 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_find.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_find.py
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ class FindLibraryLinux(unittest.TestCase):
unittest.mock.patch("ctypes.util._findLib_gcc", lambda *args: None):
self.assertNotEqual(find_library('c'), None)
+ def test_gh114257(self):
+ self.assertIsNone(find_library("libc"))
+
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-21-16-32-55.gh-issue-114257.bCFld5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-21-16-32-55.gh-issue-114257.bCFld5.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f02ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-21-16-32-55.gh-issue-114257.bCFld5.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Dismiss the :exc:`FileNotFound` error in :func:`ctypes.util.find_library` and
+just return ``None`` on Linux.