[MacPorts] #26186: python25: No module named _ctypes (was: python25 @2.5.5 + PsychoPy: NameError: name 'ctypes' is not defined)

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#26186: python25: No module named _ctypes
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 Reporter:  joe.paxton@…          |       Owner:  jwa@…           
     Type:  defect                |      Status:  new             
 Priority:  Normal                |   Milestone:                  
Component:  ports                 |     Version:  1.9.1           
 Keywords:                        |        Port:  python25        
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: jwa@… (removed)
 * cc: ryandesign@… (added)
  * owner:  macports-tickets@… => jwa@…
  * port:  python25 py25-psychopy => python25


Comment:

 Indeed, python25 does not install the ctypes module, though it should, and
 though other ports rightly expect it to. python25 installs without error,
 but if you look in the verbose build output, it says:

 {{{
 *** WARNING: renaming "_ctypes" since importing it failed:
 dlopen(build/lib.macosx-10.6-i386-2.5/_ctypes.so, 2): Symbol not found:
 _ffi_call
   Referenced from:
 /opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_rschmidt_macports_dports_lang_python25/work/Python-2.5.5/build/lib.macosx-10.6-i386-2.5/_ctypes.so
   Expected in: flat namespace
  in
 /opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_rschmidt_macports_dports_lang_python25/work/Python-2.5.5/build/lib.macosx-10.6-i386-2.5/_ctypes.so
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/26186#comment:5>
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