- Issue #21277: Don't try to link _ctypes with a ffi_convenience library.

10 years ago · ae683657b7
2 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@ -1290,6 +1290,8 @@ Tests
 Build
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+- Issue #21277: Don't try to link _ctypes with a ffi_convenience library.
+
 - Issue #26884: Fix linking extension modules for cross builds.
  Patch by Xavier de Gaye.

--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
                        break
        ffi_lib = None
        if ffi_inc is not None:
-            for lib_name in ('ffi_convenience', 'ffi_pic', 'ffi'):
+            for lib_name in ('ffi', 'ffi_pic'):
                if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, lib_name)):
                    ffi_lib = lib_name
                    break