Bug 703160

Summary: Numeric.reshape raises ValueError exception when newshape has more than 1 dimension
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component: python-numericAssignee: Matthew Barnes <mbarnes>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: desktop-bugs <desktop-bugs>
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Priority: urgent    
Version: 5.3CC: cdahlin, cmeadors, cww, jwest, mbarnes, pm-eus, rda, spoyarek, tao
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: ZStream
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Fixed In Version: python-numeric-23.7-2.2.2.el5_6.1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Previously, an attempt to use the Numeric.reshape() method to reshape an array into a multi-dimensional array caused Python to terminate unexpectedly with the following error message: ValueError: total size of new array must be unchanged With this update, a patch has been applied to address this issue, and the Numeric.reshape() method no longer causes Python to crash.
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Description RHEL Program Management 2011-05-09 14:06:37 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #494357 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.6 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 7 Jaromir Hradilek 2011-05-11 14:03:07 UTC
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Previously, an attempt to use the Numeric.reshape() method to reshape an array into a multi-dimensional array caused Python to terminate unexpectedly with the following error message:

    ValueError: total size of new array must be unchanged

With this update, a patch has been applied to address this issue, and the Numeric.reshape() method no longer causes Python to crash.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-12 07:52:52 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0508.html