[python] 2.7.3-4: avoid allocating thunks in ctypes unless absolutely necessary (patch 155; rhbz#814391)
dmalcolm
dmalcolm at fedoraproject.org
Fri Apr 20 19:03:41 UTC 2012
commit 7461fe5163d36a83893db6a696f5cc6a74cb6b51
Author: David Malcolm <dmalcolm at redhat.com>
Date: Fri Apr 20 15:02:19 2012 -0400
2.7.3-4: avoid allocating thunks in ctypes unless absolutely necessary (patch 155; rhbz#814391)
* Fri Apr 20 2012 David Malcolm <dmalcolm at redhat.com> - 2.7.3-4
- avoid allocating thunks in ctypes unless absolutely necessary, to avoid
generating SELinux denials on "import ctypes" and "import uuid" when embedding
Python within httpd (patch 155; rhbz#814391)
00155-avoid-ctypes-thunks.patch | 15 +++++++++++++++
python.spec | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/00155-avoid-ctypes-thunks.patch b/00155-avoid-ctypes-thunks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92dd668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/00155-avoid-ctypes-thunks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -up Python-2.7.3/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py.rhbz814391 Python-2.7.3/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
+--- Python-2.7.3/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py.rhbz814391 2012-04-20 14:51:19.390990244 -0400
++++ Python-2.7.3/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py 2012-04-20 14:51:45.141668316 -0400
+@@ -272,11 +272,6 @@ def _reset_cache():
+ # _SimpleCData.c_char_p_from_param
+ POINTER(c_char).from_param = c_char_p.from_param
+ _pointer_type_cache[None] = c_void_p
+- # XXX for whatever reasons, creating the first instance of a callback
+- # function is needed for the unittests on Win64 to succeed. This MAY
+- # be a compiler bug, since the problem occurs only when _ctypes is
+- # compiled with the MS SDK compiler. Or an uninitialized variable?
+- CFUNCTYPE(c_int)(lambda: None)
+
+ try:
+ from _ctypes import set_conversion_mode
diff --git a/python.spec b/python.spec
index 6efe975..a565c9b 100644
--- a/python.spec
+++ b/python.spec
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Summary: An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
Name: %{python}
# Remember to also rebase python-docs when changing this:
Version: 2.7.3
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
License: Python
Group: Development/Languages
Requires: %{python}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -615,6 +615,14 @@ Patch147: 00147-add-debug-malloc-stats.patch
# which values are printed as "v at entry" rather than just "v":
Patch153: 00153-fix-test_gdb-noise.patch
+# python3.spec on f15 has:
+# Patch154: 00154-skip-urllib-test-requiring-working-DNS.patch
+
+# Avoid allocating thunks in ctypes unless absolutely necessary, to avoid
+# generating SELinux denials on "import ctypes" and "import uuid" when
+# embedding Python within httpd (rhbz#814391)
+Patch155: 00155-avoid-ctypes-thunks.patch
+
# (New patches go here ^^^)
#
# When adding new patches to "python" and "python3" in Fedora 17 onwards,
@@ -933,6 +941,8 @@ done
# 00151: upstream as of Python 2.7.3
# 00152: not for python 2
%patch153 -p0
+# 00154: not for python 2
+%patch155 -p1
# This shouldn't be necesarry, but is right now (2.2a3)
@@ -1763,6 +1773,11 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}
# ======================================================
%changelog
+* Fri Apr 20 2012 David Malcolm <dmalcolm at redhat.com> - 2.7.3-4
+- avoid allocating thunks in ctypes unless absolutely necessary, to avoid
+generating SELinux denials on "import ctypes" and "import uuid" when embedding
+Python within httpd (patch 155; rhbz#814391)
+
* Thu Apr 19 2012 David Malcolm <dmalcolm at redhat.com> - 2.7.3-3
- add explicit version requirements on expat to avoid linkage problems with
XML_SetHashSalt
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