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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: What version of glibc is Python using? |
| Date | 2013-10-12 04:46 -0400 |
| References | <l3aqiu$ump$1@dont-email.me> <l3arfn$2bf$1@dont-email.me> <l3as90$5bk$1@dont-email.me> <mailman.1030.1381562417.18130.python-list@python.org> <l3av5f$gi2$1@dont-email.me> |
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| Message-ID | <mailman.1031.1381567808.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 10/12/2013 3:53 AM, Christian Gollwitzer wrote: > Am 12.10.13 09:20, schrieb Ned Deily: >> In article <l3as90$5bk$1@dont-email.me>, John Nagle <nagle@animats.com> >> wrote: >> [...] >>> Why is the info from "plaform.libc_ver()" so bogus? >> >> The code is here: >> >> http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2.7/Lib/platform.py#l141 >> >> Perhaps you could open an issue on the Python bug tracker. > > That function is really bogus. It states itself, that it has "intimate > knowledge of how different libc versions add symbols to the executable > and thus is probably only useable for executables compiled using gcc" > which is just another way of saying "it'll become outdated and broken > soon". It's not even done by reading the symbol table, it opens the > binary and matches a RE *shocked* I would have expected such hacks in a > shell script. > > glibc has a function for this: > > gnu_get_libc_version () > > which should be used. So *please* submit a patch with explanation. -- Terry Jan Reedy
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What version of glibc is Python using? John Nagle <nagle@animats.com> - 2013-10-11 23:34 -0700
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2013-10-12 08:50 +0200
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? John Nagle <nagle@animats.com> - 2013-10-12 00:03 -0700
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2013-10-12 00:20 -0700
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2013-10-12 09:53 +0200
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2013-10-12 10:34 +0200
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-12 04:46 -0400
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-10-12 05:43 -0600
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-12 13:08 +0000
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-10-12 20:02 +0100
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? John Nagle <nagle@animats.com> - 2013-10-13 00:45 -0700
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-12 11:59 -0400
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-10-12 14:28 -0600
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? John Nagle <nagle@animats.com> - 2013-10-13 10:43 -0700
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-13 19:06 +0100
Re: What version of glibc is Python using? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-10-13 12:06 -0600
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