[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1755: Raise-FPE test failures on Windows and PPC

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#1755: Raise-FPE test failures on Windows and PPC
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 Reporter:  rgommers                     |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect                       |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal                       |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  numpy.core                   |     Version:  1.5.1      
 Keywords:  power, floating point error  |  
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Changes (by zyv):

 * cc: yury@… (added)


Comment:

 Happens on my regular x86_64 Linux system:


 {{{
 I realize that Ubuntu Jaunty is no longer supported, but this is what we
 have on our cluster and I have to accommodate. I was up to building the
 lastest NumPy / SciPy bundle on ActiveState Python and it builds &
 installs fine, but NumPy reports one test error.

 The system is:

 $ uname -a
 Linux ui 2.6.28-19-server #66-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 18:11:06 UTC 2010
 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 I am using system compiler (gcc version 4.3.3 Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4),
 system BLAS and latest ActiveState Python:

 Python version 2.7.2 (default, Jun 24 2011, 11:24:26) [GCC 4.0.2
 20051125 (Red Hat 4.0.2-8)]

 The configuration is as follows:

 $ python -c 'import numpy.distutils.__config__ as npc; npc.show()'
 atlas_threads_info:
   NOT AVAILABLE
 blas_opt_info:
     libraries = ['f77blas', 'cblas', 'atlas']
     library_dirs = ['/usr/lib']
     define_macros = [('ATLAS_INFO', '"\\"3.6.0\\""')]
     language = c
     include_dirs = ['/usr/include']
 atlas_blas_threads_info:
   NOT AVAILABLE
 lapack_opt_info:
     libraries = ['lapack', 'f77blas', 'cblas', 'atlas']
     library_dirs = ['/usr/lib']
     define_macros = [('ATLAS_INFO', '"\\"3.6.0\\""')]
     language = f77
     include_dirs = ['/usr/include']
 atlas_info:
     libraries = ['lapack', 'f77blas', 'cblas', 'atlas']
     library_dirs = ['/usr/lib']
     define_macros = [('ATLAS_INFO', '"\\"3.6.0\\""')]
     language = f77
     include_dirs = ['/usr/include']
 lapack_mkl_info:
   NOT AVAILABLE
 blas_mkl_info:
   NOT AVAILABLE
 atlas_blas_info:
     libraries = ['f77blas', 'cblas', 'atlas']
     library_dirs = ['/usr/lib']
     define_macros = [('ATLAS_INFO', '"\\"3.6.0\\""')]
     language = c
     include_dirs = ['/usr/include']
 mkl_info:
   NOT AVAILABLE

 The failing test:

 ======================================================================
 FAIL: Test basic arithmetic function errors
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File
 "/users/zaytsev/opt/ActivePython-2.7/lib/python2.7/site-
 packages/numpy/testing/decorators.py", line 215, in knownfailer
     return f(*args, **kwargs)
   File
 "/users/zaytsev/opt/ActivePython-2.7/lib/python2.7/site-
 packages/numpy/core/tests/test_numeric.py", line 321, in
 test_floating_exceptions
     lambda a,b:a/b, ft_tiny, ft_max)
   File
 "/users/zaytsev/opt/ActivePython-2.7/lib/python2.7/site-
 packages/numpy/core/tests/test_numeric.py", line 271, in assert_raises_fpe
     "Type %s did not raise fpe error '%s'." % (ftype, fpeerr))
   File
 "/users/zaytsev/opt/ActivePython-2.7/lib/python2.7/site-
 packages/numpy/testing/utils.py", line 34, in assert_
     raise AssertionError(msg)
 AssertionError: Type <type 'numpy.float32'> did not raise fpe error
 'underflow'.

 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ran 3533 tests in 34.806s

 FAILED (KNOWNFAIL=3, SKIP=4, failures=1)

 Is it just me, or someone else can currently reproduce it?

 I was only able to find a couple of posts citing a similar error message
 by Xiong Deng and one by George Nurser. Neither of these posts has a
 definite answer...

 I am happy to provide any additional diagnostic info,
 }}}

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