Handle ImportError and OSError when importing ctypes (#6543) #6544
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Non-dynamic executables can raise OSError when importing ctypes because dlopen(NULL) is called on module import and dlopen() won't work on non-dynamic executables. This commit teaches the glibc version sniffing module to handle a missing or not working ctypes module.
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Non-dynamic executables can raise OSError when importing ctypes
because dlopen(NULL) is called on module import and dlopen()
won't work on non-dynamic executables.
This commit teaches the glibc version sniffing module to
handle a missing or not working ctypes module.
With this change applied,
pip installworks on non-dynamic / fully statically linked Python executables on Linux.