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-rw-r--r--Lib/ctypes/util.py2
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index 1bd2d70..58b0d73 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ elif os.name == "posix":
# XXX assuming GLIBC's ldconfig (with option -p)
expr = r'(\S+)\s+\((%s(?:, OS ABI:[^\)]*)?)\)[^/]*(/[^\(\)\s]*lib%s\.[^\(\)\s]*)' \
% (abi_type, re.escape(name))
- f = os.popen('/sbin/ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null')
+ f = os.popen('LANG=C /sbin/ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null')
try:
data = f.read()
finally:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 71db3ca..29aae79 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #7356: ctypes.util: Make parsing of ldconfig output independent of
+ the locale.
+
What's New in Python 3.1.2 release candidate 1?
===============================================