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[catacomb-python] / catacomb / __init__.py

diff --git a/catacomb/__init__.py b/catacomb/__init__.py
index 1a2b5f44dae692137e73a0edb9162a88d351a452..42b765bd4053d1b8b8a9dbb3a648dfa45df2c11f 100644 (file)
--- a/catacomb/__init__.py
+++ b/catacomb/__init__.py
@@ -25,18 +25,47 @@
 
 from __future__ import with_statement
 
-import _base
-import types as _types
 from binascii import hexlify as _hexify, unhexlify as _unhexify
 from contextlib import contextmanager as _ctxmgr
-from sys import argv as _argv
+import DLFCN as _dlfcn
+import os as _os
 from struct import pack as _pack
+import sys as _sys
+import types as _types
+
+###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+### Import the main C extension module.
+
+try:
+  _dlflags = _odlflags = _sys.getdlopenflags()
+except AttributeError:
+  _dlflags = _odlflags = -1
+
+## Set the `deep binding' flag.  Python has its own different MD5
+## implementation, and some distributions export `md5_init' and friends so
+## they override our versions, which doesn't end well.  Figure out how to
+## turn this flag on so we don't have the problem.
+if _dlflags >= 0:
+  try: _dlflags |= _dlfcn.RTLD_DEEPBIND
+  except AttributeError:
+    try: _dlflags |= _os.RTLD_DEEPBIND
+    except AttributeError:
+      if _os.uname()[0] == 'Linux': _dlflags |= 8 # magic knowledge
+      else: pass # can't do this.
+  _sys.setdlopenflags(_dlflags)
+
+import _base
+
+if _odlflags >= 0:
+  _sys.setdlopenflags(_odlflags)
+
+del _dlflags, _odlflags
 
 ###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ### Basic stuff.
 
-## For the benefit of the default keyreporter, we need the program na,e.
-_base._ego(_argv[0])
+## For the benefit of the default keyreporter, we need the program name.
+_base._ego(_sys.argv[0])
 
 ## How to fix a name back into the right identifier.  Alas, the rules are not
 ## consistent.