Bug 378927

Summary:	pykde4 shouldn't permanently change dlopenflags Python environment setting
Product:	[Unmaintained] bindings	Reporter:	torsava
Component:	pykde	Assignee:	kde-bindings
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	rdieter
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description torsava 2017-04-18 15:24:38 UTC

Hi!
This is concerning pykde4 version 4.14.3 (can't be picked in the Version menu).

Python libraries shouldn't be permanently changing environment settings, it can cause undefined problematic behaviour and crashes of other components, e.g. a [pydoc] crash.

[pydoc] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442464

The problem lies in the `__init__.py` pykde4 file which permanently sets `sys.setdlopenflags(DLFCN.RTLD_NOW|DLFCN.RTLD_GLOBAL)` and never reverses the setting.

Have a great day!

Comment 1 fire f. 2018-04-22 15:52:59 UTC

also, the configure.py file is missing in pykde4, so it cannot be installed from sources.

the file INSTALL is pretty wortless as a help in that regard.

The readme says: "read INSTALL" and then there is nothing in there which makes any sense.

Comment 2 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-17 05:28:21 UTC

Hello, unfortunately this bug is being closed as unmaintained, per request of einar77.