- Issue #7356: ctypes.util: Make parsing of ldconfig output independent of

the locale.

Lib/ctypes/util.py

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def find_library(name):
         def _findLib_ldconfig(name):
             # XXX assuming GLIBC's ldconfig (with option -p)
             expr = r'/[^\(\)\s]*lib%s\.[^\(\)\s]*' % re.escape(name)
-            f = os.popen('/sbin/ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null')
+            f = os.popen('LANG=C /sbin/ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null')
             try:
                 data = f.read()
             finally:

Misc/NEWS

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7356: ctypes.util: Make parsing of ldconfig output independent of
+  the locale.
+
 - Issue #7774: Set sys.executable to an empty string if ``argv[0]`` has been
   set to an non existent program name and Python is unable to retrieve the real
   program name.