From: Thomas Heller <theller@ctypes.org>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 18:35:39 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Don't fail the tests when libglut.so or libgle.so cannot be loaded.
X-Git-Tag: v2.5b1~709
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=14f3da7585b32fe0fd1367bf5ada1e5aeb6f1f0e;p=python

Don't fail the tests when libglut.so or libgle.so cannot be loaded.
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diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_find.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_find.py
index 54c663c7f5..b2d08fdf0e 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_find.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_find.py
@@ -39,9 +39,23 @@ class Test_OpenGL_libs(unittest.TestCase):
         if lib_glu:
             self.glu = CDLL(lib_glu, RTLD_GLOBAL)
         if lib_glut:
-            self.glut = CDLL(lib_glut)
+            # On some systems, additional libraries seem to be
+            # required, loading glut fails with
+            # "OSError: /usr/lib/libglut.so.3: undefined symbol: XGetExtensionVersion"
+            # I cannot figure out how to repair the test on these
+            # systems (red hat), so we ignore it when the glut or gle
+            # libraries cannot be loaded.  See also:
+            # https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1478253&group_id=5470
+            # http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-May/064789.html
+            try:
+                self.glut = CDLL(lib_glut)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
         if lib_gle:
-            self.gle = CDLL(lib_gle)
+            try:
+                self.gle = CDLL(lib_gle)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
 
     if lib_gl:
         def test_gl(self):