[issue9998] ctypes find_library should search LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Linux

[Vinay Sajip]

Vinay Sajip added the comment:

I have updated the patch to apply against 3.6, and changed it to be more conservative: it only uses ld and LD_LIBRARY_PATH when trying to find a library if the existing gcc-based method fails.

Seeing that this issue has been around for so long, I would really like to get this patch committed in the short window we have before 3.6 goes into beta. Please review!

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assignee: theller -> vinay.sajip
title: ctypes find_library should search LD_LIBRARY_PATH on linux -> ctypes find_library should search LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Linux
versions: +Python 3.6 -Python 3.5
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file43929/refresh-2016.diff

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