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Fix ctypes.util and ctypes.util.find_library issues on mac #32

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Fix ctypes.util and ctypes.util.find_library issues on mac
VanL Mar 22, 2023
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Merge branch 'main' into VanL-ctypes-homebrew-fix
AyanSinhaMahapatra May 22, 2023
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions src/typecode/magic2.py
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# SOFTWARE.

import ctypes
import ctypes.util
import glob
import os
import sys
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or ctypes.util.find_library('magic1')
or ctypes.util.find_library('cygmagic-1')
or ctypes.util.find_library('libmagic-1')
# for Darwin
or ctypes.util.find_library('libmagic')
or ctypes.util.find_library('libmagic.1')
or ctypes.util.find_library('libmagic.dylib')
# for MSYS2
or ctypes.util.find_library('msys-magic-1')
)
# necessary because find_library returns None if it doesn't find the library
if dll:
libmagic = ctypes.CDLL(dll)

# find_library doesn't look at homebrew. Give it a hand
homebrew_libmagic = '/opt/homebrew/lib/libmagic.dylib'
if (not dll) and sys.platform == 'darwin' and os.path.exists(homebrew_magic):
libmagic = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(homebrew_magic)

if not (libmagic and libmagic._name):
windows_dlls = [
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'/usr/local/lib/libmagic.dylib',
] +
# Assumes there will only be one version installed when using brew
glob.glob('/opt/homebrew/lib/libmagic*.dylib') +
glob.glob('/usr/local/Cellar/libmagic/*/lib/libmagic.dylib') +
glob.glob('/opt/homebrew/Cellar/libmagic/*/lib/libmagic.dylib')
),
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