[Python-modules-team] Bug#756403: Bug#756403: python-numpy: fix FTBFS on ppc64el (patch available)

[Julian Taylor]

On 25.08.2014 21:44, Andreas Barth wrote:
> * Mauricio Faria de Oliveira (mauricfo at linux.vnet.ibm.com) [140825 20:34]:
>> Hi Andi,
>>
>> On 08/25/2014 02:43 PM, Andreas Barth wrote:
>>> * Julian Taylor (jtaylor.debian at googlemail.com) [140825 18:37]:
>>>>> I have committed the patch to svn, would need sponsoring.
>>> Where could I pull the package from?
>>
>> It's on SVN r30233 [1]. I can get with 'debcheckout python-numpy'.
>>
>> Interesting that, although the patch is there, it is not applied
>> by default.  I had to run 'quilt push -a' to get it applied.
> 
> I'll upload it as soon as I can build it on ppc64el, that is after
> matplotlib is built (which I assume will happen in the next 1-2 days).
> 
> 

you can build matplotlib without numpy? I think it uses the numpy C-api
which would require at least numpy headers.

You can build numpy without matplotlib for bootstraping, its just used
for the documentation. A binary arch only build might even work with
current packaging but I haven't tried.