Hope this is the right list to post this problem!  I’m getting two errors when running a numpy (see below).

Could someone tell me how to fix this or if the errors are not a concern. 

Dwayne

python -c 'import numpy; numpy.test(verbose=2)'

Python 2.7.3

Numpy 1.6.2

Nose 1.1.2

PowerPC

Red Hat Linux 64 bit

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FAIL: test_umath.test_nextafterl

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Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 197, in runTest

    self.test(*self.arg)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/testing/decorators.py", line 215, in knownfailer

    return f(*args, **kwargs)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/tests/test_umath.py", line 1119, in test_nextafterl

    return _test_nextafter(np.longdouble)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/tests/test_umath.py", line 1103, in _test_nextafter

    assert np.nextafter(one, two) - one == eps

AssertionError

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FAIL: test_umath.test_spacingl

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Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 197, in runTest

    self.test(*self.arg)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/testing/decorators.py", line 215, in knownfailer

    return f(*args, **kwargs)

 File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/tests/test_umath.py", line 1146, in test_spacingl

    return _test_spacing(np.longdouble)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/tests/test_umath.py", line 1128, in _test_spacing

   assert np.spacing(one) == eps

AssertionError

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Ran 3576 tests in 22.974s

FAILED (KNOWNFAIL=6, failures=2)