main/python3: add ctypes patch for python 3.8.1 (!1) · Merge requests · mmacata / aports

mmacata requested to merge python3-ctypes-patch into master Jan 24, 2020

This PR patches ctypes for Python 3.8.1.
Apparently this issue was introduced while fixing another bug but breaks depending libraries, e.g. ctypesgen (see https://bugs.python.org/msg359834). It was already fixed in Python master (https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/17960), but as Python 3.8.2 is expected in mid feburary, it would be nice to have a running system until then.
The same issue was already filed for Fedora (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1794572).
Build and tested here: https://github.com/mmacata/alpine-python381-patch/releases
Other affected versions (Python 3.7.6 and Python 3.8.0) don't seem to be relevant for alpine, this same patch is also relevant for alpine 3.11.

Edited Jan 24, 2020 by mmacata

main/python3: add ctypes patch for python 3.8.1