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-rwxr-xr-xgluster/api.py12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gluster/api.py b/gluster/api.py
index 1b5d320..6bbd092 100755
--- a/gluster/api.py
+++ b/gluster/api.py
@@ -32,10 +32,14 @@ if so_file_name is None:
# Looks like ctypes is having trouble with dependencies, so just force them to
# load with RTLD_GLOBAL until I figure that out.
-client = ctypes.CDLL(so_file_name, ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL, use_errno=True)
-# The above statement "may" fail with OSError on some systems if libgfapi.so
-# is located in /usr/local/lib/. This happens when glusterfs is installed from
-# source. Refer to: http://bugs.python.org/issue18502
+try:
+ client = ctypes.CDLL(so_file_name, ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL, use_errno=True)
+ # The above statement "may" fail with OSError on some systems if
+ # libgfapi.so is located in /usr/local/lib/. This happens when glusterfs
+ # is installed from source. Refer to: http://bugs.python.org/issue18502
+except OSError:
+ raise ImportError("ctypes.CDLL() cannot load {0}. You might want to set "
+ "LD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable".format(so_file_name))
# Wow, the Linux kernel folks really play nasty games with this structure. If
# you look at the man page for stat(2) and then at this definition you'll note