Bug#1146263: libmatio FTBFS on big endian: test failures

[Adrian Bunk]

Source: libmatio
Version: 1.6.0-1
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-s390 at lists.debian.org
User: debian-s390 at lists.debian.org
Usertags: s390x

https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=libmatio&ver=1.6.0-1

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3578. mat73_read_mcos.at:775: testing Dump MCOS table v73 human readable ...
./mat73_read_mcos.at:779: cp $srcdir/results/dump-mcos-table_v73-hd.out expout
          $builddir/../tools/matdump -h -d $srcdir/datasets/test_table_v7.3.mat
--- expout	2026-08-30 21:45:22.670224629 +0000
+++ /build/reproducible-path/libmatio-1.6.0/test/testsuite.dir/at-groups/3578/stdout	2026-08-30 21:45:22.690224636 +0000
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
   T = 3x5 table
 
-    FlightNum    Customer    Date           Rating    Comment                                          
-    _________    ________    ___________    ______    _________________________________________________
+    FlightNum    Customer                            Date           Rating    Comment                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
+    _________    ________________________________    ___________    ______    ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
-         1261    "Jones"     20-Dec-2016    Good      "Flight left on time, not crowded"               
-          547    "Brown"     21-Dec-2016    Poor      "Late departure, ran out of dinner options"      
-         3489    "Smith"     22-Dec-2016    Fair      "Late, but only by half an hour. Otherwise fine."
+         1261    "\u6500\u6E00\u6F00\u4A00\u6F00"    20-Dec-2016    Good      "\u6700\u6900\u6C00\u4600\u6C00\u2000\u7400\u6800\u2000\u7400\u6600\u6500\u7400\u2000\u6E00\u6F00\u2C00\u6500\u6D00\u6900\u7400\u6F00\u6E00\u2000\u6F00\u7200\u6300\u2000\u6400\u6500\u6400\u7700"                                                            
+          547    "\u7200\u4200\u7300\u6D00\u5300"    21-Dec-2016    Poor      "\u6500\u7400\u6100\u4C00\u7000\u6500\u6400\u2000\u7500\u7400\u7200\u6100\u2000\u2C00\u6500\u7200\u2000\u6E00\u6100\u7200\u2000\u7400\u7500\u6F00\u6400\u2000\u6600\u6F00\u6500\u6E00\u6E00\u6900\u7000\u6F00\u2000\u7200\u6E00\u6F00\u6900\u7400\u7400"      
+         3489    "\u6E00\u7700"                      22-Dec-2016    Fair      "\u6100\u4C00\u7300\u6200\u2000\u2C00\u6500\u6F00\u2000\u7400\u7500\u2000\u7900\u6C00\u6E00\u6800\u2000\u7900\u6200\u2000\u6600\u6C00\u6100\u6800\u2000\u6E00\u6100\u2E00\u7200\u7500\u6F00\u6800\u7400\u4F00\u2000\u6900\u7700\u7200\u6500\u6600\u2000\u6500"
3578. mat73_read_mcos.at:775:  FAILED (mat73_read_mcos.at:779)
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ERROR: 3021 tests were run,
25 failed unexpectedly.
574 tests were skipped.
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## testsuite.log was created. ##
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Please send 'test/testsuite.log' and all information you think might help:

   To: <t-beu at users.sourceforge.net>
   Subject: [MATIO 1.6.0] testsuite: 3330 3331 3332 3333 3334 3335 3337 3338 3341 3342 3343 3344 3345 3346 3347 3348 3463 3467 3469 3471 3473 3570 3574 3576 3578 failed

You may investigate any problem if you feel able to do so, in which
case the test suite provides a good starting point.  Its output may
be found below 'test/testsuite.dir'.

make[4]: *** [Makefile:1428: check-local] Error 1