- Issue #7356: ctypes.util: Make parsing of ldconfig output independent of
the locale.
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index 8f6e338..adde307 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
def _findLib_ldconfig(name):
# XXX assuming GLIBC's ldconfig (with option -p)
expr = r'/[^\(\)\s]*lib%s\.[^\(\)\s]*' % 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 7c357a1..20959bb 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #7356: ctypes.util: Make parsing of ldconfig output independent of
+ the locale.
+
- Issue #7774: Set sys.executable to an empty string if ``argv[0]`` has been
set to an non existent program name and Python is unable to retrieve the real
program name.