Bug#839992: libmath-quaternion-perl: autopkgtest failure: not ok 48 - rotation_angle works

[gregor herrmann]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:43:49 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:

> > my $exponent = int rand 100;
> > my $q1manual = $q1;
> > for (1..($exponent-1))  { $q1manual = Math::Quaternion::multiply($q1,$q1manual); }
> > 
> > 'int rand 100' returns results between 0 and 99, and with 0 and 1,
> > the for loop is not run.
> 
> So it fails deliberately once every 50 times?

I'm skeptical that it fails on purpose.
 
> > Ok, after applying the proposed patch from CPAN RT, I don't get this
> > problem anymore, and I now also get the failures we're seeing on
> > ci.d.n.
> 
> Would be possible to apply the patch for stretch?

Since it only fixes part of the problem I'm afraid that wouldn't be
so useful.

Sorry letting this slip under the carpet ...


Cheers,
gregor

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