This bug has been copied from bug #494357 and has been proposed to be backported to 5.6 z-stream (EUS).
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: 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.
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