Remove magic import from setup.py

Author: ddelange

.github/workflows/wheels.yml

@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ jobs:
         # add compiled libmagic to the build directory (to include in the wheel)
         CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_MACOS: sudo -E bash add_libmagic.sh
         CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_LINUX: bash add_libmagic.sh
-        CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_WINDOWS: pip install -U setuptools
         # build macos wheels with maximum backwards compatibility (gcc -mmacosx-version-min flag)
         MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: ${{ ( endsWith( matrix.only, 'arm64' ) && '11.0' ) || '10.9' }}
         # simple smoke test run on each wheel: this is an HLS MP4 video, only recognised in recent versions of libmagic

setup.py

@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-# python packages should not install succesfully if libraries are missing
-from magic.loader import load_lib
-
-load_lib()._name
-
 
 def read(file_name):
     """Read a text file and return the content as a string."""