ctypes.util.find_library depend on run external programs(ldconfig, gcc,
objdump or ld) to get the pathname, if none of above are installed, None
is returned. Previously, RDEPENDS to ldconfig is added to ensure it
always work when installed.
This commit change it to RRECOMMENDS, this allows user who don't use
function find_library could remove ldconfig from image by
PACKAGE_EXCLUDE
Refer:
https://docs.python.org/3/library/ctypes.html
(From OE-Core rev: 404e7c65499c58d2a6a760b5f0994fadd2ff74d0)
Signed-off-by: Changqing Li <changqing.li@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
In oe-core, function ldconfig_postinst_fragment use exist of
/sbin/ldconfig to decide if ldconfig is runned to generate the cache,
and function _run_ldconfig will run ldconfig to generate cache during
generate rootfs. ldconfig.service is actually not used since we have
generate ld.so.cache during do_rootfs, refer[1][2][3]. ldconfig
dependency is necessary when ldconfig not in DISTRO_FEATURES.
The reverted commit causes regression when ldconfig not in
DISTRO_FEATURES, before, without ldconfig in DISTRO_FEATURES,
ctypes.util.find_library(name) can find the lib if it is installed, now,
since ldconfig is not installed, ctypes.util.find_library(name) cannot
find the lib even if it is installed.
Here is one usecase(gtk+3 lib is installed, ctypes.util.find_library
used to find the lib):
import wx.lib.wxcairo as wxcairo
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/wx/lib/wxcairo/{}init{}.py", line 59, in <module>
from .wx_cairocffi import _ContextFromDC, _FontFaceFromFont
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/wx/lib/wxcairo/wx_cairocffi.py", line 189, in <module>
gdkLib = _findGDKLib()
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/wx/lib/wxcairo/wx_cairocffi.py", line 181, in _findGDKLib
return _findHelper([libname], 'gdk',
"Unable to find the GDK shared library")
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/wx/lib/wxcairo/wx_cairocffi.py", line 170, in _findHelper
raise RuntimeError(msg)
RuntimeError: Unable to find the GDK shared library
[1] https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass#n394
[2] https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py#n316
[3] https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/blob/v255-stable/units/ldconfig.service
(From OE-Core rev: f98299ec2fa65804ceeff634fa50c8d154e1c153)
Signed-off-by: Changqing Li <changqing.li@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Dubois-Briand <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
