utils: prefer shlib when looking through unixodbc installations

R/utils.R

@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
       call = call
     )
   }
-  configure_unixodbc_simba(unixodbc_install[1], simba_config[1], action, call)
+  configure_unixodbc_simba(unixodbc_install, simba_config[1], action, call)
 }
 
 locate_install_unixodbc <- function() {
@@ -375,38 +375,39 @@
     "/opt/R/x86_64/lib"
   )
 
-  list.files(
-    common_dirs,
-    pattern = libodbcinst_filename(),
-    full.names = TRUE
-  )
+  return(libodbcinst_file(common_dirs))
 }
 
 system_safely <- function(x) {
   tryCatch(
     {
       unixodbc_prefix <- system(x, intern = TRUE, ignore.stderr = TRUE)
-      candidates <- list.files(unixodbc_prefix,
-        pattern = libodbcinst_filename(), full.names = TRUE)
-      if (!length(candidates)) {
-        stop("Unable to locate unixodbc using odbc_config")
-      }
-      return(candidates[1])
+      return(libodbcinst_file(unixodbc_prefix))
     },
     error = function(e) {},
     warning = function(w) {}
   )
   character()
 }
 
-# Returns a pattern to be used with
-# list.files( ..., pattern = ... ).
-libodbcinst_filename <- function() {
-  if (is_macos()) {
-    "libodbcinst.dylib|libodbcinst.a"
-  } else {
-    "libodbcinst.so|libodbcinst.a"
+# Search for an instance of the unixodbc lib in
+# the directories passed in the `dirs` argument.
+# Preference is given to shared libraries.
+libodbcinst_file <- function(dirs) {
+  if (is_windows()) {
+    return(character())
+  }
+  # Order matters, we prefer shlib (#919)
+  file_names <- ifelse(is_macos(), "libodbcinst.dylib", "libodbcinst.so")
+  file_names <- c(file_names, "libodbcinst.a")
+  for (file_name in file_names) {
+    candidates <- list.files(dirs,
+      pattern = file_name, full.names = TRUE)
+    if (length(candidates)) {
+      return(candidates[1])
+    }
   }
+  return(character())
 }
 
 error_install_unixodbc <- function(call) {