Short-term getpath fix

Author: geofft

cpython-unix/build-cpython.sh

@@ -629,6 +629,11 @@ if [ -n "${CROSS_COMPILING}" ]; then
     # TODO: There are probably more of these, see #599.
 fi
 
+# TODO description
+if [[ -n "${PYTHON_MEETS_MINIMUM_VERSION_3_14}" ]]; then
+    patch -p1 -i "${ROOT}/patch-python-getpath-3.14.patch"
+fi
+
 # We patched configure.ac above. Reflect those changes.
 autoconf
 

cpython-unix/patch-python-getpath-3.14.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+From 841eb6dde89640323dae9d78a75333ab8ebb8c66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Geoffrey Thomas <[email protected]>
+Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 14:11:43 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] getpath: Fix library detection and canonicalize paths
+
+TODO description
+---
+ Modules/getpath.c  | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
+ Modules/getpath.py |  4 ++--
+ 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Modules/getpath.c b/Modules/getpath.c
+index 1e75993480a..93971dfa65c 100644
+--- a/Modules/getpath.c
++++ b/Modules/getpath.c
+@@ -802,14 +802,16 @@ progname_to_dict(PyObject *dict, const char *key)
+ }
+ 
+ 
++static void
++fclose_cleanup(FILE **pf) {
++        fclose(*pf);
++}
++
++
+ /* Add the runtime library's path to the dict */
+ static int
+ library_to_dict(PyObject *dict, const char *key)
+ {
+-/* macOS framework builds do not link against a libpython dynamic library, but
+-   instead link against a macOS Framework. */
+-#if defined(Py_ENABLE_SHARED) || defined(WITH_NEXT_FRAMEWORK)
+-
+ #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
+     extern HMODULE PyWin_DLLhModule;
+     if (PyWin_DLLhModule) {
+@@ -817,12 +819,44 @@ library_to_dict(PyObject *dict, const char *key)
+     }
+ #endif
+ 
++    const void *target = (void *)Py_Initialize;
++
++    }
++}
++
++#ifdef __linux__
++    /* Linux libcs do not reliably report the canonical path in dli_fname, but
++     * we have /proc/self/maps. (dyld seems to reliably report the canonical
++     * path, so this matches the behavior on macOS.) */
++
++    FILE *maps __attribute__((cleanup(fclose_cleanup))) = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r");
++    if (maps != NULL) {
++        /* Format is documented in proc_pid_maps(5), but you want to look at
++         * the implementation in fs/proc/task_mmu.c for spacing. The pathname
++         * is the last field and has any \n characters escaped, so we can read
++         * until \n.  Note that the filename may have " (deleted)" appended;
++         * we don't bother to handle that specially as the one user of this
++         * value calls dirname() anyway.
++         * TODO(geofft): Consider using PROCMAP_QUERY if supported.
++         */
++        uintptr_t low, high;
++        char filename[PATH_MAX];
++        while (fscanf(maps, "%lx-%lx %*s %*s %*s %*s %[^\n]", &low, &high, filename) == 3) {
++            if (low <= (uintptr_t)target && (uintptr_t)target < high) {
++                if (filename[0] == '/') {
++                    return decode_to_dict(dict, key, filename);
++                }
++                break;
++            }
++        }
++    }
++#endif
++
+ #if HAVE_DLADDR
+     Dl_info libpython_info;
+-    if (dladdr(&Py_Initialize, &libpython_info) && libpython_info.dli_fname) {
++    if (dladdr(target, &libpython_info) && libpython_info.dli_fname) {
+         return decode_to_dict(dict, key, libpython_info.dli_fname);
+     }
+-#endif
+ #endif
+ 
+     return PyDict_SetItemString(dict, key, Py_None) == 0;
+diff --git a/Modules/getpath.py b/Modules/getpath.py
+index b89d7427e3f..8c431e53be2 100644
+--- a/Modules/getpath.py
++++ b/Modules/getpath.py
+@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def search_up(prefix, *landmarks, test=isfile):
+ 
+ if not executable_dir and os_name == 'darwin' and library:
+     # QUIRK: macOS checks adjacent to its library early
+-    library_dir = dirname(library)
++    library_dir = dirname(dirname(library))
+     if any(isfile(joinpath(library_dir, p)) for p in STDLIB_LANDMARKS):
+         # Exceptions here should abort the whole process (to match
+         # previous behavior)
+@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ def search_up(prefix, *landmarks, test=isfile):
+ 
+     # First try to detect prefix by looking alongside our runtime library, if known
+     if library and not prefix:
+-        library_dir = dirname(library)
++        library_dir = dirname(dirname(library))
+         if ZIP_LANDMARK:
+             if os_name == 'nt':
+                 # QUIRK: Windows does not search up for ZIP file
+-- 
+2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
+