Depend: Add 'lib' to end of library path for MacOS (#6021)

The library search path in get_python_library_path() was using compat.base_prefix, this does not account for libraries being in a 'lib' dir under the base_prefix and so when running on MacOS under pyenv+virtualenv the python library was not found
pyinstaller · Jul 20, 2021 · edceb66 · edceb66
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diff --git a/PyInstaller/depend/bindepend.py b/PyInstaller/depend/bindepend.py
@@ -942,7 +942,9 @@ def _find_lib_in_libdirs(*libdirs):
         # and exec_prefix. That's why we can use just sys.prefix.
         # In virtualenv PyInstaller is not able to find Python library.
         # We need special care for this case.
-        python_libname = _find_lib_in_libdirs(compat.base_prefix)
+        python_libname = _find_lib_in_libdirs(
+            compat.base_prefix,
+            os.path.join(compat.base_prefix, 'lib'))
         if python_libname:
             return python_libname
 

diff --git a/news/6021.bugfix.rst b/news/6021.bugfix.rst
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+(macOS) Fix python shared library detection for non-framework python builds when the library  path cannot be inferred from imports of the ``python`` executable.