From: Antonio Valentino <antonio.valentino@tiscali.it>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 06:35:50 +0000
Subject: numpy-2.3-compat

---
 libtiff/lzw.py             | 4 ++--
 libtiff/scripts/convert.py | 2 +-
 libtiff/tiff_file.py       | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libtiff/lzw.py b/libtiff/lzw.py
index 64f2561..e2e0459 100644
--- a/libtiff/lzw.py
+++ b/libtiff/lzw.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def encode_bitarray(seq, max_bits=12):
     decode_bitarray
     """
     if isinstance(seq, numpy.ndarray):
-        seq = seq.tostring()
+        seq = seq.tobytes()
     r = bitarray(0, endian='little')
     write = r.fromword
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def encode_bittools(seq, max_bits=12):
     """
     if isinstance(seq, numpy.ndarray):
         nbytes = seq.nbytes * 2
-        seq = seq.tostring()
+        seq = seq.tobytes()
     else:
         nbytes = len(seq) * 2
     r = numpy.zeros((nbytes,), dtype=numpy.ubyte)
diff --git a/libtiff/scripts/convert.py b/libtiff/scripts/convert.py
index 8ed37ff..574747d 100644
--- a/libtiff/scripts/convert.py
+++ b/libtiff/scripts/convert.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def runner(parser, options, args):
     for ifd in tiff.IFD:
         s = ifd.get('ImageDescription')
         if s is not None:
-            description.append(s.value.tostring())
+            description.append(s.value.tobytes())
     init_description = '\n'.join(description)
     samples_list, names_list = tiff.get_samples()
     while samples_list:
diff --git a/libtiff/tiff_file.py b/libtiff/tiff_file.py
index 347fb63..a38b597 100644
--- a/libtiff/tiff_file.py
+++ b/libtiff/tiff_file.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class TIFFfile(TiffBase):
             while self.data[offset + i]:
                 i += 1
             length = i
-        string = self.get_values(offset, 'BYTE', length).tostring()
+        string = self.get_values(offset, 'BYTE', length).tobytes()
         return string
 
     def check_memory_usage(self, verbose=True):
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ class IFD:
                         'DocumentName', 'Model', 'Make', 'PageName',
                         'DateTime', 'Artist', 'HostComputer']:
             if value is not None:
-                return value.view('|S{!s}'.format(str(value.nbytes // value.size))).tostring()
+                return value.view('|S{!s}'.format(str(value.nbytes // value.size))).tobytes()
         if human:
             if tag_name == 'Compression':
                 value = {1: 'Uncompressed', 2: 'CCITT1D', 3: 'Group3Fax',