Fix Issue #4875: find_library can return directories instead of files
(on win32)
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index 433d0d9..35b0b1e 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@
# See MSDN for the REAL search order.
for directory in os.environ['PATH'].split(os.pathsep):
fname = os.path.join(directory, name)
- if os.path.exists(fname):
+ if os.path.isfile(fname):
return fname
if fname.lower().endswith(".dll"):
continue
fname = fname + ".dll"
- if os.path.exists(fname):
+ if os.path.isfile(fname):
return fname
return None
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d6c6227..604c0df 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #4875: On win32, ctypes.util.find_library does no longer
+ return directories.
+
- Issue #5142: Add the ability to skip modules while stepping to pdb.
- Issue #1309567: Fix linecache behavior of stripping subdirectories when