Issue #7384: If the system readline library is linked against ncurses,
the curses module must be linked against ncurses as well. Otherwise it
is not safe to load both the readline and curses modules in an application.
Thanks Thomas Dickey for answering questions about ncurses/ncursesw
and readline!
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3b064eb..18e1cd6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
from distutils.command.install import install
from distutils.command.install_lib import install_lib
+from distutils.spawn import find_executable
# Were we compiled --with-pydebug or with #define Py_DEBUG?
COMPILED_WITH_PYDEBUG = hasattr(sys, 'gettotalrefcount')
@@ -525,6 +526,38 @@
# readline
do_readline = self.compiler_obj.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'readline')
+ readline_termcap_library = ""
+ curses_library = ""
+ # Determine if readline is already linked against curses or tinfo.
+ if do_readline and find_executable('ldd'):
+ # Cannot use os.popen here in py3k.
+ tmpfile = os.path.join(self.build_temp, 'readline_termcap_lib')
+ if not os.path.exists(self.build_temp):
+ os.makedirs(self.build_temp)
+ os.system("ldd %s > %s" % (do_readline, tmpfile))
+ fp = open(tmpfile)
+ for ln in fp:
+ if 'curses' in ln:
+ readline_termcap_library = re.sub(
+ r'.*lib(n?cursesw?)\.so.*', r'\1', ln
+ ).rstrip()
+ break
+ if 'tinfo' in ln: # termcap interface split out from ncurses
+ readline_termcap_library = 'tinfo'
+ break
+ fp.close()
+ os.unlink(tmpfile)
+ # Issue 7384: If readline is already linked against curses,
+ # use the same library for the readline and curses modules.
+ if 'curses' in readline_termcap_library:
+ curses_library = readline_termcap_library
+ elif self.compiler_obj.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'ncursesw'):
+ curses_library = 'ncursesw'
+ elif self.compiler_obj.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'ncurses'):
+ curses_library = 'ncurses'
+ elif self.compiler_obj.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'curses'):
+ curses_library = 'curses'
+
if platform == 'darwin':
os_release = int(os.uname()[2].split('.')[0])
dep_target = sysconfig.get_config_var('MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET')
@@ -548,14 +581,10 @@
readline_extra_link_args = ()
readline_libs = ['readline']
- if self.compiler_obj.find_library_file(lib_dirs,
- 'ncursesw'):
- readline_libs.append('ncursesw')
- elif self.compiler_obj.find_library_file(lib_dirs,
- 'ncurses'):
- readline_libs.append('ncurses')
- elif self.compiler_obj.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'curses'):
- readline_libs.append('curses')
+ if readline_termcap_library:
+ pass # Issue 7384: Already linked against curses or tinfo.
+ elif curses_library:
+ readline_libs.append(curses_library)
elif self.compiler_obj.find_library_file(lib_dirs +
['/usr/lib/termcap'],
'termcap'):
@@ -1070,19 +1099,15 @@
# Curses support, requiring the System V version of curses, often
# provided by the ncurses library.
panel_library = 'panel'
- if (self.compiler_obj.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'ncursesw')):
- curses_libs = ['ncursesw']
- # Bug 1464056: If _curses.so links with ncursesw,
- # _curses_panel.so must link with panelw.
- panel_library = 'panelw'
+ if curses_library.startswith('ncurses'):
+ if curses_library == 'ncursesw':
+ # Bug 1464056: If _curses.so links with ncursesw,
+ # _curses_panel.so must link with panelw.
+ panel_library = 'panelw'
+ curses_libs = [curses_library]
exts.append( Extension('_curses', ['_cursesmodule.c'],
libraries = curses_libs) )
- elif (self.compiler_obj.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'ncurses')):
- curses_libs = ['ncurses']
- exts.append( Extension('_curses', ['_cursesmodule.c'],
- libraries = curses_libs) )
- elif (self.compiler_obj.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'curses')
- and platform != 'darwin'):
+ elif curses_library == 'curses' and platform != 'darwin':
# OSX has an old Berkeley curses, not good enough for
# the _curses module.
if (self.compiler_obj.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'terminfo')):