[Numpy-discussion] f2py and -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 compilation flag

[David Huard]

Works for me,

Thanks

David

2008/5/15 Pearu Peterson <pearu at cens.ioc.ee>:

>
>
> Robert Kern wrote:
> > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:20 PM, David Huard <david.huard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> I filed a patch that seems to do the trick in ticket #792.
> >
> > I don't think this is the right approach. The problem isn't that
> > _FORTIFY_SOURCE is set to 2 but that f2py is doing (probably) bad
> > things that trip these buffer overflow checks. IIRC, Pearu wasn't on
> > the f2py mailing list at the time this came up; please try him again.
>
> I was able to reproduce the bug on a debian system. The fix with
> a comment on what was causing the bug, is in svn:
>
>   http://scipy.org/scipy/numpy/changeset/5173
>
> I should warn that the bug fix does not have unittests because:
> 1) testing the bug requires Fortran compiler that for NumPy is
> an optional requirement.
> 2) I have tested the fix with two different setups that should cover
> all possible configurations.
> 3) In the case of problems with the fix, users should notice it
> immediately.
> 4) I have carefully read the patch before committing.
>
> Regards,
> Pearu
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