Federico Beffa <be...@ieee.org> writes: > I've noticed that on hydra python2-numpy-1.9.1 for x86_64-linux (and > other architectures) fails to pass the test procedure (really the > module local version without documentation called > python2-numpy-bootstrap-1.9.1): > > http://hydra.gnu.org/build/172563 > > So, I've built it locally to investigate and on my machine it builds > without errors. The hash in the store is the same as on hydra > > /gnu/store/wyzv0xw9fi0hks5x1kagy2nl2sykbr7l-python2-numpy-bootstrap-1.9.1 > > so the inputs should be the same. > > I'm at commit 57c3f71632692d1e2e12e5d2db5c2cc4c6e075c9 (of today). The > only part which is not up to date on my system is the daemon which is > still from the 0.7 release (back then I've setup an init script to > start it automatically at boot). > > Any hint at what could be going wrong on hydra?
It's not uncommon for some tests to fail occasionally in certain packages. Reasons I've seen include: timeouts set too short, race conditions, randomized tests that fail for some values, and dependencies on the kernel version and/or configuration. We've had to debug these problems on a case-by-case basis. Sometimes we've disabled the unreliable tests, or even disabled the entire test suite. Mark