[SciPy-dev] numpy 1.3.0 import error

[David Cournapeau]

Forrest Sheng Bao wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I just compiled and installed numpy 1.3.0 on my system. But when I try
> to import numpy, I got this error:
>
> from numpy import *
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File
> "/home/sbao/apps/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py",
> line 130, in ?
>     import add_newdocs
>   File
> "/home/sbao/apps/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py",
> line 9, in ?
>     from lib import add_newdoc
>   File
> "/home/sbao/apps/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py",
> line 4, in ?
>     from type_check import *
>   File
> "/home/sbao/apps/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/lib/type_check.py",
> line 8, in ?
>     import numpy.core.numeric as _nx
>   File
> "/home/sbao/apps/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/core/__init__.py",
> line 5, in ?
>     import multiarray
> ImportError:
> /home/sbao/apps/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/core/multiarray.so:
> undefined symbol: __intel_security_cookie
>
> The CPU is an Intel Xeon. Any developer know what's the reason? 

Most likely a problem with building with icc. __intel_security_cookie is
a canary against buffer overflow, but I cannot find much reference about
it. Make sure neither CFLAGS nor LDFLAGS is set when you build numpy - I
would not be surprised if this is specific to some security-related
flags in icc. You could look which Intel library  define this symbol, by
running nm + grep on the Intel compiler library directory.

As I mentioned in your other thread, I could finally reproduce your
error, fixed numpy sources, and 1.4.x should now be buildable. I can
myself import numpy built with icc 11.0 on ia32.

David