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| author |   Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2012-12-28 14:31:10 -0800 |
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| committer | Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> | 2012-12-28 14:31:10 -0800 |
| commit | 9e37cca4f54260bd8c45a3041fcee00938c71649 (patch) | |
| tree | 6ab8d0bc1abc36156455b5a9b3e0255f247acff5 /pym/portage/util/_ctypes.py | |
| parent | man pages: refer to /etc/portage/make.conf (diff) | |
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_ctypes: don't cache library, bug #448858
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| -rw-r--r-- | pym/portage/util/_ctypes.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage/util/_ctypes.py b/pym/portage/util/_ctypes.py index 4e5aa2a6b..f419b1926 100644 --- a/pym/portage/util/_ctypes.py +++ b/pym/portage/util/_ctypes.py @@ -31,17 +31,15 @@ def find_library(name): return None return filename -_library_handles = {} - def LoadLibrary(name): """ Calls ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(name) if the ctypes module is available, - and otherwise returns None. Results are cached for future invocations. + and otherwise returns None. Results are not cached, since that can + cause problems when libraries are updated (see bug #448858). """ - handle = _library_handles.get(name) + handle = None - if handle is None and ctypes is not None: + if ctypes is not None: handle = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(name) - _library_handles[name] = handle return handle |