[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #2014: m68k “long double” format isn’t recognised

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#2014: m68k “long double” format isn’t recognised
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 Reporter:  sandro.tosi  |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  numpy.core   |     Version:  1.6.1      
 Keywords:               |  
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 Hello,
 a fellow Debian Developer has rebuilt numpy on m68k architecture and
 reported (http;//bugs.debian.org/655388) a failure in detecting the long
 double format:

 {{{
 […]
 compile options: '-Inumpy/core/src/private -Inumpy/core/src -Inumpy/core
 -Inumpy/core/src/npymath -Inumpy/core/src/multiarray
 -Inumpy/core/src/umath -Inumpy/core/include -I/usr/include/python2.6_d -c'
 gcc: _configtest.c
 _configtest.c:4:5: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
 [-Wstrict-prototypes]
 success!
 removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
 C compiler: gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -g -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
 -fPIC

 compile options: '-Inumpy/core/src/private -Inumpy/core/src -Inumpy/core
 -Inumpy/core/src/npymath -Inumpy/core/src/multiarray
 -Inumpy/core/src/umath -Inumpy/core/include -I/usr/include/python2.6_d -c'
 gcc: _configtest.c
 removing: _configtest.c _configtest.o
 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 211, in <module>
    setup_package()
  File "setup.py", line 204, in setup_package
    configuration=configuration )
  File "/tmp/buildd/python-numpy-1.5.1/numpy/distutils/core.py", line 186,
 in setup
    return old_setup(**new_attr)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 975, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/tmp/buildd/python-numpy-1.5.1/numpy/distutils/command/build.py",
 line 37, in run
    old_build.run(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/command/build.py", line 135, in run
    self.run_command(cmd_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/tmp/buildd/python-
 numpy-1.5.1/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 152, in run
    self.build_sources()
  File "/tmp/buildd/python-
 numpy-1.5.1/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 169, in
 build_sources
    self.build_extension_sources(ext)
  File "/tmp/buildd/python-
 numpy-1.5.1/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 328, in
 build_extension_sources
    sources = self.generate_sources(sources, ext)
  File "/tmp/buildd/python-
 numpy-1.5.1/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 385, in
 generate_sources
    source = func(extension, build_dir)
  File "numpy/core/setup.py", line 434, in generate_config_h
    rep = check_long_double_representation(config_cmd)
  File "numpy/core/setup_common.py", line 136, in
 check_long_double_representation
    type = long_double_representation(pyod(object))
  File "numpy/core/setup_common.py", line 268, in
 long_double_representation
    raise ValueError("Unrecognized format (%s)" % saw)
 ValueError: Unrecognized format (['000', '000', '000', '000', '001',
 '043', '105', '147', '211', '253', '315', '357', '300', '031', '000',
 '000', '353', '171', '242', '240', '000', '000', '000', '000', '376',
 '334', '272', '230', '166', '124', '062', '020'])
 [58723 refs]
 dh_auto_build: python2.6-dbg setup.py build --force returned exit code 1
 }}}

 the reported traceback is for 1.5.1 but it applies also for 1.6.1.

 Regards,
 Sandro

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