Search DLLs only on paths added using add_dll_directory().

.github/workflows/mingw.yml

@@ -130,16 +130,16 @@ jobs:
           cp "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/bin/idle3 "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/bin/idle
           cp "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/bin/pydoc3 "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/bin/pydoc
 
+          # copy to /
+          cp -rf "${pkgdir}"/* /
+
       - name: Run Smoke Test (installed)
         shell: msys2 {0}
         run: |
           export SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
-          export PYTHONTZPATH="${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/zoneinfo"
           SMOKETESTS="$(pwd)/mingw_smoketests.py"
-          cd _build
-          cd python_pkgdir/${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin
-          ./python.exe "$SMOKETESTS"
-          MSYSTEM= ./python.exe "$SMOKETESTS"
+          ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python.exe "$SMOKETESTS"
+          MSYSTEM= ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python.exe "$SMOKETESTS"
 
       - name: Compress
         if: always()

Lib/test/__main__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
+import os
+import sys
+
 from test.libregrtest import main
+
+if sys.platform == "win32":
+    # Enable DLL loading from PATH.
+    os.environ["PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSDLLLOADING"] = "1"
+
 main()

Python/dynload_win.c

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "Python.h"
 #include "pycore_fileutils.h"     // _Py_add_relfile()
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"       // _PyInterpreterState_GET()
+#include "pycore_initconfig.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DIRECT_H
 #include <direct.h>
@@ -223,6 +224,18 @@ dl_funcptr _PyImport_FindSharedFuncptrWindows(const char *prefix,
     dl_funcptr p;
     char funcname[258], *import_python;
 
+    int use_legacy = 0;
+    DWORD load_library_flags = 0;
+
+    _Py_get_env_flag(1, &use_legacy, "PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSDLLLOADING");
+
+    if (use_legacy) {
+        load_library_flags = LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH;
+    } else {
+        load_library_flags = LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DEFAULT_DIRS |
+                              LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DLL_LOAD_DIR;
+    }
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
     _Py_CheckPython3(); 
 #endif
@@ -249,8 +262,7 @@ dl_funcptr _PyImport_FindSharedFuncptrWindows(const char *prefix,
            AddDllDirectory function. We add SEARCH_DLL_LOAD_DIR to
            ensure DLLs adjacent to the PYD are preferred. */
         Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-        hDLL = LoadLibraryExW(wpathname, NULL,
-                              LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH);
+        hDLL = LoadLibraryExW(wpathname, NULL, load_library_flags);
         Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
 #if !USE_UNICODE_WCHAR_CACHE
         PyMem_Free(wpathname);

mingw_smoketests.py

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 else:
     SEP = "\\"
 
+if sysconfig.is_python_build():
+    os.environ["PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSDLLLOADING"] = "1"
+
 _UCRT = sysconfig.get_platform() not in ('mingw_x86_64', 'mingw_i686')
 
 

setup.py

@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ def msys_system(command):
         return os_system(command_in_sh)
     os.system = msys_system
 
+    # set PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSDLLLOADING to 1 to load DLLs from PATH
+    # This is needed while building core extensions of Python
+    os.environ["PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSDLLLOADING"] = "1"
+
 CROSS_COMPILING = ("_PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM" in os.environ)
 HOST_PLATFORM = get_platform()
 MS_WINDOWS = (HOST_PLATFORM == 'win32' or HOST_PLATFORM == 'mingw')