changeset:   103924:2a3e4fa42464
branch:      2.7
parent:      103905:9b0d661a16de
user:        Christian Heimes <christian@python.org>
date:        Sun Sep 18 14:40:15 2016 +0200
files:       Misc/NEWS setup.py
description:
Issue #26661: setup.py now detects system libffi with multiarch wrapper.


diff -r 9b0d661a16de -r 2a3e4fa42464 Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Sat Sep 17 16:43:01 2016 -0700
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Sun Sep 18 14:40:15 2016 +0200
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@
 Build
 -----
 
+- Issue #26661: setup.py now detects system libffi with multiarch wrapper.
+
 - Issue #15819: The Include directory in the build tree is already searched;
   drop unused code trying to add it again.
 
diff -r 9b0d661a16de -r 2a3e4fa42464 setup.py
--- a/setup.py	Sat Sep 17 16:43:01 2016 -0700
+++ b/setup.py	Sun Sep 18 14:40:15 2016 +0200
@@ -2132,14 +2132,16 @@
             ffi_inc = find_file('ffi.h', [], inc_dirs)
         if ffi_inc is not None:
             ffi_h = ffi_inc[0] + '/ffi.h'
-            fp = open(ffi_h)
-            while 1:
-                line = fp.readline()
-                if not line:
+            with open(ffi_h) as f:
+                for line in f:
+                    line = line.strip()
+                    if line.startswith(('#define LIBFFI_H',
+                                        '#define ffi_wrapper_h')):
+                        break
+                else:
                     ffi_inc = None
-                    break
-                if line.startswith('#define LIBFFI_H'):
-                    break
+                    print('Header file {} does not define LIBFFI_H or '
+                          'ffi_wrapper_h'.format(ffi_h))
         ffi_lib = None
         if ffi_inc is not None:
             for lib_name in ('ffi_convenience', 'ffi_pic', 'ffi'):