[Python-Dev] Marshal bug in 2.1?

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Fri, 01 Jun 2001 21:01:38 +0200


Christian Tismer wrote:
> 
> Christian Tismer wrote:
> >
> > Hi friends,
> >
> > there is a script which generates encrypted passwords for
> > Starship users. There is a series of marshal, zlib and base64
> > calls, which is reversed by the script.
> >
> > Is there a known bug in Marshal, or should I start the debugger now?
> > The passwphrase for the attached script is "hey".
> 
> Aehmmm... can it be that code objects are no longer compatible
> between Python 2.0 and 2.1?

Yes, not suprisingly though... AFAIK the pyc format changed
in every single version between 1.5.2 and 2.1.

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