[Debichem-devel] Bug#848744: python-ase: FTBFS: Test failures

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: python-ase
Version: 3.12.0-1
Severity: serious
Tags: stretch sid
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20161219 qa-ftbfs
Justification: FTBFS on amd64

Hi,

During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build on
amd64.

Relevant part (hopefully):
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build/ase/test/__init__.py", line 53, in testfile
>     {'display': self.display})
>   File "/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build/ase/test/franck_condon.py", line 38, in <module>
>     assert(fco.direct(n, m, S) == fco.direct(m, n, S))
>   File "/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build/ase/vibrations/franck_condon.py", line 41, in direct
>     s += (-1)**(n - k) * S**(-k) / (
> ValueError: Integers to negative integer powers are not allowed.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 177 tests in 84.400s
> 
> FAILED (errors=1)
> E: pybuild pybuild:276: test: plugin custom failed with: exit code=1: cd ase/test; python2.7 -m ase.test
> dh_auto_test: pybuild --test -i python{version} -p 2.7 returned exit code 13
> debian/rules:11: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_test' failed

The full build log is available from:
   http://aws-logs.debian.net/2016/12/19/python-ase_3.12.0-1_unstable.log

A list of current common problems and possible solutions is available at
http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS . You're welcome to contribute!

About the archive rebuild: The rebuild was done on EC2 VM instances from
Amazon Web Services, using a clean, minimal and up-to-date chroot. Every
failed build was retried once to eliminate random failures.