[Numpy-discussion] Numpy 1.3.0 rc1 fails find_duplicates on Solaris

[Mark Sienkiewicz]

>> ======================================================================
>> FAIL: Test find_duplicates
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ...
>> AssertionError:
>> Arrays are not equal
>>
>> (mismatch 50.0%)
>>  x: array([(1, (2.0, 'B')), (2, (2.0, 'B')), (2, (2.0, 'B')), (1, (2.0,
>> 'B'))],
>>      dtype=[('A', '>i4'), ('B', [('BA', '>f8'), ('BB', '|S1')])])
>>  y: array([(2, (2.0, 'B')), (1, (2.0, 'B')), (2, (2.0, 'B')), (1, (2.0,
>> 'B'))],
>>      dtype=[('A', '>i4'), ('B', [('BA', '>f8'), ('BB', '|S1')])])
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>     
>
> These are new (two months old) tests. Hmm, they are also marked as known
> failures on win32. I wonder why they fail there and not on linux? I think
> you should open a ticket for this.
>   

I'm not sure how old the test is, but I see that it has been failing 
since Feb 1.  (That is the earliest report I have online at the moment.)

The ticket is http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/1039 .  I added 
this specific failure mode to the ticket today.

It does not surprise me at all when the trunk is broken on solaris.  I'm 
mentioning it on the list because I see it is still broken in the 
release candidate.  I assume somebody would want to either fix the 
problem or remove the non-working feature from the release.

Mark S.