From 13c1c3556f2c12d0be2af890fabfbf44280b845c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zackery Spytz Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 02:42:43 -0700 Subject: bpo-39393: Misleading error message on dependent DLL resolution failure (GH-18093) --- Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-01-20-23-42-53.bpo-39393.gWlJDG.rst | 2 ++ Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-01-20-23-42-53.bpo-39393.gWlJDG.rst diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-01-20-23-42-53.bpo-39393.gWlJDG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-01-20-23-42-53.bpo-39393.gWlJDG.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..025b7e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-01-20-23-42-53.bpo-39393.gWlJDG.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Improve the error message when attempting to load a DLL with unresolved +dependencies. diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c index 7b13fa0..65c6eb1 100644 --- a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c +++ b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c @@ -1311,8 +1311,9 @@ static PyObject *load_library(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) if (err == ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND) { PyErr_Format(PyExc_FileNotFoundError, - ("Could not find module '%.500S'. Try using " - "the full path with constructor syntax."), + ("Could not find module '%.500S' (or one of its " + "dependencies). Try using the full path with " + "constructor syntax."), nameobj); return NULL; } else if (err) { -- cgit v0.12