[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#595603: python-liblas: OSError: liblas.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[David Paleino]

tags 595603 confirmed patch
tags 595608 confirmed patch
thanks

Hello Jakub,

On Sun, 5 Sep 2010 13:02:04 +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:

> Package: python-liblas
> Version: 1.2.1-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 3.5 [0]
> 
> liblas cannot be imported in a clean chroot:
> 
> $ python -c 'import liblas'
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
>    File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/liblas/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
>      from core import *
>    File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/liblas/core.py", line 136, in <module>
>      las = ctypes.CDLL(lib_name)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/ctypes/__init__.py", line 353, in __init__
>      self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
> OSError: liblas.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 
> [..]
> 
> [0] Well, while the bug might be fixed by adding a dependency on liblas-dev,
> there are better ways to fix it.

On Sun, 5 Sep 2010 13:12:00 +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:

> Source: python-liblas
> Version: 1.2.1-1
> Severity: minor
> 
> liblas/core.py contains the following line:
> 
> free = ctypes.CDLL(find_library('libc.so.6')).free
> 
> This is not how find_library() is supposed to be called (it should be: 
> "find_library('c')"), and as a consequence find_library() always returns 
> None here.


Thanks for your reports.

I prepared a patch that fixes both these bugs (they're both caused by a wrong
usage of find_library(), as you already found out), but unfortunately I'm not
able to commit it (and consequently to do an upload), even though I'm part of
the DebianGIS team:

$ LANG=C svn commit
svn: Commit failed (details follow):
svn: Authorization failed
[..]

I suspect this happens because the (Unix) group doesn't have write permission.

Therefore, I'm attaching the patch to this mail, hoping that frankie reads this
and acts accordingly (he's away for a couple of days).


Have a nice Sunday,
David

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