Bug#852307: bcolz: test_leftover_ptr_with_statement_create_open fails on s390x, powerpc

[Daniel Stender]

Package: bcolz
Version: 1.1.0+ds1-2
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to build from source
Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/Blosc/bcolz/issues/329

There is a test failure on s390x and powerpc [1]:

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FAIL: test_leftover_ptr_create_flush_open (bcolz.tests.test_carray.LeftoverDiskTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bcolz/tests/test_carray.py", line 2516, in test_leftover_ptr_create_flush_open
    self.assertEqual((n_chunks * chunklen) + i, out.value)
AssertionError: 100 != 0

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FAIL: test_leftover_ptr_with_statement_create_open (bcolz.tests.test_carray.LeftoverDiskTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bcolz/tests/test_carray.py", line 2533, in test_leftover_ptr_with_statement_create_open
    self.assertEqual((n_chunks * chunklen) + i, out.value)
AssertionError: 100 != 0

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Ran 1254 tests in 5.247s

FAILED (failures=2, skipped=156)
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DS

[1] https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=bcolz&suite=experimental


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