From: Daniele Varrazzo <daniele.varrazzo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2022 09:56:06 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: fix(macos): find the libpq in non-standard places
X-Git-Tag: 3.1.1~1^2~2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=12a99725bcfb0733bfa981315ae97a98899f9110;p=thirdparty%2Fpsycopg.git

fix(macos): find the libpq in non-standard places
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diff --git a/psycopg/psycopg/pq/_pq_ctypes.py b/psycopg/psycopg/pq/_pq_ctypes.py
index 43dfc1ad4..58b9bd4b9 100644
--- a/psycopg/psycopg/pq/_pq_ctypes.py
+++ b/psycopg/psycopg/pq/_pq_ctypes.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ libpq access using ctypes
 
 # Copyright (C) 2020 The Psycopg Team
 
+import os
 import ctypes
 import ctypes.util
 import sys
@@ -13,12 +14,33 @@ from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
 
 from ..errors import NotSupportedError
 
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("psycopg")
+
+
 if sys.platform == "win32":
     libname = ctypes.util.find_library("libpq.dll")
+
 elif sys.platform == "darwin":
     libname = ctypes.util.find_library("libpq.dylib")
+    # (hopefully) temporary hack: libpq not in a standard place
+    # https://github.com/orgs/Homebrew/discussions/3595
+    # If pg_config is available and agrees, let's use its indications.
+    if not libname:
+        try:
+            import subprocess as sp
+
+            libdir = sp.check_output(["pg_config", "--libdir"]).strip().decode()
+            libname = os.path.join(libdir, "libpq.dylib")
+            if not os.path.exists(libname):
+                libname = None
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logger.debug("couldn't use pg_config to find libpq: %s", ex)
+
 else:
     libname = ctypes.util.find_library("pq")
+
 if not libname:
     raise ImportError("libpq library not found")