This patch was developed in-house, but not contributed upstream because

Python 2.6 has been abandoned by the community.

--- Python-2.6.8/Lib/ctypes/util.py.~1~ 2012-04-10 08:32:04.000000000 -0700

+++ Python-2.6.8/Lib/ctypes/util.py 2015-01-20 15:17:51.156728249 -0800

@@ -164,6 +164,24 @@

res.sort(cmp= lambda x,y: cmp(_num_version(x), _num_version(y)))

return res[-1]

+ elif sys.platform == "sunos5":

+

+ def _findLib_path(name, is64):

+ if is64:

+ paths = "/lib/64:/usr/lib/64"

+ else:

+ paths = "/lib:/usr/lib"

+

+ for dir in paths.split(":"):

+ libfile = os.path.join(dir, "lib%s.so" % name)

+ if os.path.exists(libfile):

+ return libfile

+

+ return None

+

+ def find_library(name, is64 = False):

+ return _get_soname(_findLib_path(name, is64) or _findLib_gcc(name))

+

else:

def _findLib_ldconfig(name):