Merge ec20771 into 1386490

aliles · Jul 9, 2018 · 9b034e1 · 9b034e1
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ erhudy
 ``````
 * added a small patch to correct import behavior on Solaris,
   where ctypes.util.find_library does not function correctly.
+
+brnopcman
+`````````
+
+* added a small patch to correct import behavior on Alpine linux
+  where ctypes.util.find_library does not function correctly.
diff --git a/magic/api.py b/magic/api.py
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
                       "If import fails, verify that libmagic is installed "
                       "to a directory registered with crle. ".format(libname),
                       ImportWarning)
+    elif platform.system() == 'Linux':
+        libname = 'libmagic.so.1'
+        warnings.warn("ctypes.util.find_library wasn't been able to locate "
+                      "libmagic; manually setting libname to {0}. "
+                      "If import fails, verify that libmagic is installed."
+                      .format(libname), ImportWarning)
     else:
         raise ImportError('Unable to find magic library')