[Python-modules-team] Bug#800392: python-numpy: FTBFS on powerpc due to test failure

[Scott Kitterman]

Source: python-numpy
Version: 1:1.9.2-2
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past)

Here's the build-log excerpt:

test_basic (test_multiarray.TestChoose) ... ok
test_broadcast1 (test_multiarray.TestChoose) ... ok
test_broadcast2 (test_multiarray.TestChoose) ... ok
test_basic (test_multiarray.TestClip) ... python2.7-dbg: numpy/core/src/multiarray/lowlevel_strided_loops.c.src:820: _aligned_contig_cast_double_to_longdouble: Assertion `npy_is_aligned(dst, __builtin_offsetof (struct {char c; npy_longdouble v;}, v))' failed.
Running unit tests for numpy
NumPy version 1.9.2
NumPy is installed in /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy
Python version 2.7.10 (default, Sep 13 2015, 20:30:50) [GCC 5.2.1 20150911]
nose version 1.3.6
Aborted
make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_install] Error 134
debian/rules:147: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_install' failed
make[1]: Leaving directory '/«PKGBUILDDIR»'
make: *** [binary-arch] Error 2
debian/rules:15: recipe for target 'binary-arch' failed

Seems like this may be related to #702169.

Resolution of this bug will be an issue with making python3.5 the default
python3, so it would be good to get this resolved soon.

Thanks,

Scott K