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

[Andreas Barth]

* Julian Taylor (jtaylor.debian at googlemail.com) [140825 21:48]:
> 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.

The above means "until matplotlib could be otherwise bootstrapped,
currently waiting as well for e.g. inkscape - libgnomevfs - g-conf -
gtk+3.0". If that is done, I will bootstrap both packages together
(and I need to do that anyways, independent whether the packages have
a sourceful upload elsewhere or not).



Andi