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authorBrett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>2009-02-10 02:07:38 (GMT)
committerBrett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>2009-02-10 02:07:38 (GMT)
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compileall used the ctime of bytecode and source to determine if the bytecode
should be recreated. This created a timing hole. Fixed by just doing what import does; check the mtime and magic number.
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-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 4bed872..48d312e 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Virgil Dupras
Andy Dustman
Gary Duzan
Eugene Dvurechenski
-Josip Dzolonga
+Josip Dzolonga
Maxim Dzumanenko
Walter Dörwald
Hans Eckardt
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ Peter Funk
Geoff Furnish
Ulisses Furquim
Achim Gaedke
+Martin von Gagern
Lele Gaifax
Santiago Gala
Yitzchak Gale
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9003037..cc71e83 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
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+- Issue #5128: Make compileall properly inspect bytecode to determine if needs
+ to be recreated. This avoids a timing hole thanks to the old reliance on the
+ ctime of the files involved.
+
- Issue #5122: Synchronize tk load failure check to prevent a potential
deadlock.