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Bug 480122 - g_module_open fails to open modules with ".la" extension
g_module_open fails to open modules with ".la" extension
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: glib
Classification: Platform
Component: gmodule
2.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtkdev
gtkdev
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-09-25 08:05 UTC by Andrey Tsyvarev
Modified: 2007-12-23 05:53 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Andrey Tsyvarev 2007-09-25 08:05:31 UTC 
If a module (not a libtool archive) has ".la" extension, g_module_open fails to open it when passed its full name.

At the same time the documentation reads: "First of all g_module_open() tries to open file_name as a module. If that fails and file_name has the ".la"-suffix (and is a libtool archive) it tries to open the corresponding module."

Also after that fail g_module_error returns NULL as if no error has occured.

According to the documentation g_module_error returns a string describing the last module error.

The detailed bug description can be found at: 

http://linuxtesting.org/results/report?num=S0575
http://linuxtesting.org/results/report?num=S0576
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2007-12-23 05:53:45 UTC 
2007-12-22  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>

        * gmodule.c (g_module_open): Don't fail to load modules
        with suffix .la.  (#480122, Andrey Tsyvarev)