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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_curses.py5
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS4
-rw-r--r--setup.py56
3 files changed, 41 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_curses.py b/Lib/test/test_curses.py
index 69271de847..18d73fc79e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_curses.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_curses.py
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ requires('curses')
curses = import_module('curses')
curses.panel = import_module('curses.panel')
-# skip all these tests on FreeBSD: test_curses currently hangs the
-# FreeBSD buildbots, preventing other tests from running. See issue
-# #7384.
-if 'freebsd' in sys.platform:
- raise unittest.SkipTest('The curses module is broken on FreeBSD. See http://bugs.python.org/issue7384.')
# XXX: if newterm was supported we could use it instead of initscr and not exit
term = os.environ.get('TERM')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9debe2cdc2..25b265b6c6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ Library
Extension Modules
-----------------
+- 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.
+
- Issue #2810: Fix cases where the Windows registry API returns
ERROR_MORE_DATA, requiring a re-try in order to get the complete result.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7294a1614c..cb65f46e34 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -588,6 +588,32 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
# readline
do_readline = self.compiler.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 platform != 'darwin': # OS X does not have ldd.
+ fp = os.popen("ldd %s" % do_readline)
+ 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()
+ # 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')
@@ -611,14 +637,10 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
readline_extra_link_args = ()
readline_libs = ['readline']
- if self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs,
- 'ncursesw'):
- readline_libs.append('ncursesw')
- elif self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs,
- 'ncurses'):
- readline_libs.append('ncurses')
- elif self.compiler.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.find_library_file(lib_dirs +
['/usr/lib/termcap'],
'termcap'):
@@ -1187,19 +1209,15 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
# Curses support, requiring the System V version of curses, often
# provided by the ncurses library.
panel_library = 'panel'
- if (self.compiler.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'
- exts.append( Extension('_curses', ['_cursesmodule.c'],
- libraries = curses_libs) )
- elif (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'ncurses')):
- curses_libs = ['ncurses']
+ 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.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.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'terminfo')):