[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #24114: Fix an uninitialized variable in `ctypes.util`.

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https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/57bf7a40925f
changeset:   101192:57bf7a40925f
branch:      2.7
user:        Meador Inge <meadori at gmail.com>
date:        Sat Apr 30 21:56:59 2016 -0500
summary:
  Issue #24114: Fix an uninitialized variable in `ctypes.util`.

The bug only occurs on SunOS when the ctypes implementation searches
for the `crle` program.  Patch by Xiang Zhang.  Tested on SunOS by
Kees Bos.

files:
  Lib/ctypes/util.py |  1 +
  Misc/NEWS          |  6 ++++++
  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@
             else:
                 cmd = 'env LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/crle 2>/dev/null'
 
+            paths = None
             for line in os.popen(cmd).readlines():
                 line = line.strip()
                 if line.startswith('Default Library Path (ELF):'):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #24114: Fix an uninitialized variable in `ctypes.util`.
+
+  The bug only occurs on SunOS when the ctypes implementation searches
+  for the `crle` program.  Patch by Xiang Zhang.  Tested on SunOS by
+  Kees Bos.
+
 - Issue #26864: In urllib, change the proxy bypass host checking against
   no_proxy to be case-insensitive, and to not match unrelated host names that
   happen to have a bypassed hostname as a suffix.  Patch by Xiang Zhang.

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Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython