This patch was developed in-house. It has been submitted upstream:

--- Python-3.5.2/Lib/ctypes/util.py.~1~ 2016-06-25 14:38:35.000000000 -0700

+++ Python-3.5.2/Lib/ctypes/util.py 2016-07-08 07:06:45.026306406 -0700

@@ -175,24 +175,11 @@

elif sys.platform == "sunos5":

- def _findLib_crle(name, is64):

- if not os.path.exists('/usr/bin/crle'):

- return None

-

+ def _findLib_path(name, is64):

if is64:

- cmd = 'env LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/crle -64 2>/dev/null'

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

else:

- cmd = 'env LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/crle 2>/dev/null'

-

- paths = None

- with contextlib.closing(os.popen(cmd)) as f:

- for line in f.readlines():

- line = line.strip()

- if line.startswith('Default Library Path (ELF):'):

- paths = line.split()[4]

-

- if not paths:

- return None

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

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

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

@@ -202,7 +189,7 @@

return None

def find_library(name, is64 = False):

- return _get_soname(_findLib_crle(name, is64) or _findLib_gcc(name))

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

else: