[Numpy-discussion] test_multiarray.test_clip fails on Solaris 8 system

[Andrew Jaffe]

>     The following test fails on a Solaris 8 system:
>     ======================================================================
>     FAIL: check_basic (numpy.core.tests.test_multiarray.test_clip)
>     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>  ....[removed]....
>     "/data/basil5/site-packages/lib/python/numpy/testing/utils.py", line
>     143, in assert_equal
>         assert desired == actual, msg
>     AssertionError:
>     Items are not equal:
>     ACTUAL: '<'
>     DESIRED: '='
> 
> Hmm, Sun hardware is big endian, no? I wonder what happens on PPC? I 
> don't see any problems here on Athlon64.

Indeed, I get the same problem on a PPC running OSX 10.4

Andrew