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thesamesam opened this issue Feb 12, 2023 · 0 comments
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posixmodule.c doesn't detect xattr support on Linux with non-glibc (e.g. musl) #101857

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thesamesam commented Feb 12, 2023 •
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posixmodule.c detects xattr support by checking for __GLIBC__ (and some other conditions) at

cpython/Modules/posixmodule.c

Line 277 in 86ebd5c

#if defined(HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H) && defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) && !defined(__GNU__)
. This incorrectly excludes the musl libc,which supports xattr functionality.

On a musl system, it's easy to reproduce with:

>>> import os
>>> os.listxattr 
Traceback (most recent call last): 
	File "", line 1, in
AttributeError: module 'os' has no attribute 'listxattr'

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@thesamesam thesamesam added the type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error label Feb 12, 2023
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pythongh-101857: Allow xattr detection on musl libc
94b1a66 
Previously, we checked exclusively for __GLIBC__ (AND'd with some other
conditions). Checking for __linux__ instead should be fine.

This fixes using e.g. os.listxattr() on systems using musl libc.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/894130
@arhadthedev arhadthedev added the extension-modules C modules in the Modules dir label Feb 13, 2023
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gh-101857: Allow xattr detection on musl libc (#101858)
8be8101 
Previously, we checked exclusively for `__GLIBC__` (AND'd with some other
conditions). Checking for `__linux__` instead should be fine.

This fixes using e.g. `os.listxattr()` on systems using musl libc.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/894130

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <[email protected]>
@bedevere-bot bedevere-bot mentioned this issue Feb 14, 2023
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pythongh-101857: Allow xattr detection on musl libc (pythonGH-101858)
07f1ed0 
Previously, we checked exclusively for `__GLIBC__` (AND'd with some other
conditions). Checking for `__linux__` instead should be fine.

This fixes using e.g. `os.listxattr()` on systems using musl libc.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/894130

(cherry picked from commit 8be8101)

Co-authored-by: Sam James <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <[email protected]>
@gpshead gpshead added the build The build process and cross-build label Feb 14, 2023
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[3.11] gh-101857: Allow xattr detection on musl libc (GH-101858) (#10…
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…1894)

gh-101857: Allow xattr detection on musl libc (GH-101858)

Previously, we checked exclusively for `__GLIBC__` (AND'd with some other
conditions). Checking for `__linux__` instead should be fine.

This fixes using e.g. `os.listxattr()` on systems using musl libc.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/894130

(cherry picked from commit 8be8101)

Co-authored-by: Sam James <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <[email protected]>
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pythongh-101857: Allow xattr detection on musl libc (python#101858)
86ee08a 
Previously, we checked exclusively for `__GLIBC__` (AND'd with some other
conditions). Checking for `__linux__` instead should be fine.

This fixes using e.g. `os.listxattr()` on systems using musl libc.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/894130

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <[email protected]>
gentoo-bot pushed a commit to gentoo/cpython that referenced this issue May 21, 2024
@thesamesam @gpshead @mgorny
pythongh-101857: Allow xattr detection on musl libc (python#101858)
a1d98e4 
Previously, we checked exclusively for `__GLIBC__` (AND'd with some other
conditions). Checking for `__linux__` instead should be fine.

This fixes using e.g. `os.listxattr()` on systems using musl libc.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/894130

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <[email protected]>
gentoo-bot pushed a commit to gentoo/cpython that referenced this issue Sep 19, 2024
@thesamesam @gpshead @mgorny
pythongh-101857: Allow xattr detection on musl libc (python#101858)
ccb6483 
Previously, we checked exclusively for `__GLIBC__` (AND'd with some other
conditions). Checking for `__linux__` instead should be fine.

This fixes using e.g. `os.listxattr()` on systems using musl libc.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/894130

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <[email protected]>
gentoo-bot pushed a commit to gentoo/cpython that referenced this issue Sep 19, 2024
@thesamesam @gpshead @mgorny
pythongh-101857: Allow xattr detection on musl libc (python#101858)
db405f8 
Previously, we checked exclusively for `__GLIBC__` (AND'd with some other
conditions). Checking for `__linux__` instead should be fine.

This fixes using e.g. `os.listxattr()` on systems using musl libc.

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/894130

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <[email protected]>
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