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+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import re
+import ctypes
+import platform
+import warnings
+
+
+def glibc_version_string():
+ "Returns glibc version string, or None if not using glibc."
+
+ # ctypes.CDLL(None) internally calls dlopen(NULL), and as the dlopen
+ # manpage says, "If filename is NULL, then the returned handle is for the
+ # main program". This way we can let the linker do the work to figure out
+ # which libc our process is actually using.
+ process_namespace = ctypes.CDLL(None)
+ try:
+ gnu_get_libc_version = process_namespace.gnu_get_libc_version
+ except AttributeError:
+ # Symbol doesn't exist -> therefore, we are not linked to
+ # glibc.
+ return None
+
+ # Call gnu_get_libc_version, which returns a string like "2.5"
+ gnu_get_libc_version.restype = ctypes.c_char_p
+ version_str = gnu_get_libc_version()
+ # py2 / py3 compatibility:
+ if not isinstance(version_str, str):
+ version_str = version_str.decode("ascii")
+
+ return version_str
+
+
+# Separated out from have_compatible_glibc for easier unit testing
+def check_glibc_version(version_str, required_major, minimum_minor):
+ # Parse string and check against requested version.
+ #
+ # We use a regexp instead of str.split because we want to discard any
+ # random junk that might come after the minor version -- this might happen
+ # in patched/forked versions of glibc (e.g. Linaro's version of glibc
+ # uses version strings like "2.20-2014.11"). See gh-3588.
+ m = re.match(r"(?P<major>[0-9]+)\.(?P<minor>[0-9]+)", version_str)
+ if not m:
+ warnings.warn("Expected glibc version with 2 components major.minor,"
+ " got: %s" % version_str, RuntimeWarning)
+ return False
+ return (int(m.group("major")) == required_major and
+ int(m.group("minor")) >= minimum_minor)
+
+
+def have_compatible_glibc(required_major, minimum_minor):
+ version_str = glibc_version_string()
+ if version_str is None:
+ return False
+ return check_glibc_version(version_str, required_major, minimum_minor)
+
+
+# platform.libc_ver regularly returns completely nonsensical glibc
+# versions. E.g. on my computer, platform says:
+#
+# ~$ python2.7 -c 'import platform; print(platform.libc_ver())'
+# ('glibc', '2.7')
+# ~$ python3.5 -c 'import platform; print(platform.libc_ver())'
+# ('glibc', '2.9')
+#
+# But the truth is:
+#
+# ~$ ldd --version
+# ldd (Debian GLIBC 2.22-11) 2.22
+#
+# This is unfortunate, because it means that the linehaul data on libc
+# versions that was generated by pip 8.1.2 and earlier is useless and
+# misleading. Solution: instead of using platform, use our code that actually
+# works.
+def libc_ver():
+ glibc_version = glibc_version_string()
+ if glibc_version is None:
+ # For non-glibc platforms, fall back on platform.libc_ver
+ return platform.libc_ver()
+ else:
+ return ("glibc", glibc_version)