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		dannyz on May 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PatchELF: Simple utility for modifying existing EL... Lots of Python packages containing native code are optionally distributed with pre-compiled libraries that have been modified with patchelf. I believe both auditwheel (https://pypi.org/project/auditwheel/) and conda-build do this.

dimator on May 7, 2021 [–]

Yes. Auditwheel inspects the native python parts and shoves any external .so dependencies into the wheel, making it hermetic.

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