[Numpy-discussion] numpy.test() fails on Redhat Enterprise and Solaris

[Christopher Hanley]

The daily numpy build and tests I run have failed for revision 2617.  

Below is the error message I receive on my RHE 3 box:

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FAIL: Check reading the nested fields of a nested array (1st level) 
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Traceback (most recent call last): 
 File "/data/sparty1/dev/site-packages/lib/python/numpy/core/tests/test_numerictypes.py", line 283, in check_nested1_acessors 
   dtype='U2')) 
 File "/data/sparty1/dev/site-packages/lib/python/numpy/testing/utils.py", line 139, in assert_equal 
   return assert_array_equal(actual, desired, err_msg) 
 File "/data/sparty1/dev/site-packages/lib/python/numpy/testing/utils.py", line 215, in assert_array_equal 
   verbose=verbose, header='Arrays are not equal') 
 File "/data/sparty1/dev/site-packages/lib/python/numpy/testing/utils.py", line 207, in assert_array_compare 
   assert cond, msg 
AssertionError: 
Arrays are not equal 

(mismatch 100.0%) 
x: array([u'NN', u'OO'], 
     dtype='<U8') 
y: array([u'NN', u'OO'], 
     dtype='<U2') 


On my Solaris 8 box this same test causes a bus error:

Check creation of single-dimensional objects ... ok 
Check creation of 0-dimensional objects ... ok 
Check creation of multi-dimensional objects ... ok 
Check creation of single-dimensional objects ... ok 
Check reading the top fields of a nested array ... ok 
Check reading the nested fields of a nested array (1st level)Bus Error (core dumped) 



Chris