Bug#757581: pytables: FTBFS on s390x

[Gilles Filippini]

Antonio Valentino a écrit , Le 14/08/2014 20:21:
> Hi Gilles,
> 
> Il 14/08/2014 19:28, Gilles Filippini ha scritto:
>> Control: usertag -1 HDF5-transition
> 
>> Hi Antonio,
> 
>> On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 08:09:54 +0200 Antonio Valentino 
>> <antonio.valentino at tiscali.it> wrote:
>>> The problem seems to be related to the lz4 compressor.
>>>
>>> I am investigating it.
> 
>> Any news about this bug? This is the last blocker for the upcoming
>> HDF5 transition.
> 
>> Thanks, in advance,
> 
>> _g.
> 
> 
> I'm pretty sure that the issue is in the lz4 compression library
> rather then in pytables.
> 
> pytables 3.1.1-1 has been built successfully using
> liblz4-1_0.0~r114-2_s390x [1] while pytables 3.1.1-2, the one that
> fails, has ben built using liblz4-1_0.0~r119-2_s390x [2].
> 
> In the last release of the lz4 package (lz4_0.0~r119-2) tests have
> been disabled on s390x and sparc so my clue is that there is actually
> a problem with liblz4 on s380x.
> 
> I tried to contact the maintainer of lz4 but I still had no reply
> (vacations probably).
> 
> IMO the only thing I can do on my part is to disable tests using the
> lz4 compressor on s390x but this is not a real solution.
> 
> 
> Probably this bug should be re-assigned to liblz4.

Then I'd propose to re-assign to liblz4 and temporarily disable lz4
related tests to enable the HDF5 transition. Would it be acceptable for you?

Thanks,

_g.

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