On 04.06.2012, at 19:19, c. wrote: > Lukas, > Thanks for your great work! > > I ran the tests on OSX 10.6 with Apple's vecLib and get the failures below [1] > which you already said should be considered as "no problem". > > On 4 Jun 2012, at 18:56, marco atzeri wrote: >> I expect a package test function to behave reasonable correctly >> for most of the system. Borderline case or alternative valid solution >> should be avoided. > > I agree with Marco, if you think these results are to be considered correct, > you should change the tests so that they are not reported as failures. > This is particularly important as, for example, Debian packagers will not > produce a .deb > for your package until they see failing tests, and we reaally do want to see > the > control package in Debian! > > c. >
Well, I could use the 'abs' function for the arguments of the assert function, or I could comment the tests out. I prefer the first variant. Could you guys please report which tests of test_control are failing (the function name, e.g. hnamodred) and paste the result as below [1]? Regards, Lukas [1] Failing test, Mac OS X 10.6 with Framework Accelerate octave:6> test hnamodred ***** assert (Mo, Me, 1e-4); !!!!! test failed assert (Mo,Me,1e-4) expected -0.23910 0.30720 1.16300 1.19670 -1.04970 -2.97090 -0.23910 2.62700 3.10270 -3.70520 0.00000 0.00000 -0.51370 -1.28420 0.82230 0.00000 0.00000 0.15190 -0.51370 0.74350 -0.44660 0.01430 -0.47800 -0.20130 0.02190 but got -0.23915 0.30723 1.16297 -1.19671 1.04965 -2.97091 -0.23915 2.62702 -3.10273 3.70515 0.00000 0.00000 -0.51368 1.28421 -0.82227 0.00000 0.00000 -0.15189 -0.51368 0.74348 0.44660 -0.01427 0.47803 -0.20129 0.02190 maximum absolute error 7.41035 exceeds tolerance 0.0001 shared variables scalar structure containing the fields: Mo = -0.23915 0.30723 1.16297 -1.19671 1.04965 -2.97091 -0.23915 2.62702 -3.10273 3.70515 0.00000 0.00000 -0.51368 1.28421 -0.82227 0.00000 0.00000 -0.15189 -0.51368 0.74348 0.44660 -0.01427 0.47803 -0.20129 0.02190 Me = -0.23910 0.30720 1.16300 1.19670 -1.04970 -2.97090 -0.23910 2.62700 3.10270 -3.70520 0.00000 0.00000 -0.51370 -1.28420 0.82230 0.00000 0.00000 0.15190 -0.51370 0.74350 -0.44660 0.01430 -0.47800 -0.20130 0.02190 Info = scalar structure containing the fields: n = 6 ns = 6 hsv = 2.6790360 2.1588837 0.8423953 0.1928734 0.0219027 0.0011311 nu = 0 nr = 4 HSVe = 2.6790000 2.1589000 0.8424000 0.1929000 0.0219000 0.0011000 octave:7> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev