#1121959 cminpack: autopkgtest fails everywhere except amd64: numerical precision deltas?

Package:
src:cminpack
Source:
src:cminpack
Submitter:
Paul Gevers
Date:
2026-01-04 12:51:06 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1121959#5
Date:
2025-12-05 08:44:21 UTC
From:
To:
Dear maintainer(s),

Your package has an autopkgtest, great. However, it fails everywhere
except on amd64. Looking at the output, it seems that the numerical
precision that is tested for is too much across architecture boundaries.
Can you please investigate the situation and fix it? I copied some of
the output at the bottom of this report.

The release team has announced [1] that failing autopkgtest on amd64 and
arm64 are considered RC in testing.

More information about this bug and the reason for filing it can be
found on
https://wiki.debian.org/ContinuousIntegration/RegressionEmailInformation

Paul

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2019/07/msg00002.html

https://ci.debian.net/packages/c/cminpack/testing/arm64/66811204/

  25s --- ref/tlmdifc.ref	2025-12-04 17:10:53.794254565 +0000
  25s +++ tlmdif_.out	2025-12-04 17:10:55.222274932 +0000
  25s @@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
  25s        covariance
  25s
  25s          0.0001531202    0.002869941   -0.002656662
  25s -         0.002869941     0.09480935    -0.09098995
  25s +         0.002869941     0.09480936    -0.09098995
  25s          -0.002656662    -0.09098995     0.08778728
#1121959#10
Date:
2026-01-04 12:50:19 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
cminpack, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1121959@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> (supplier of updated cminpack package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2026 13:00:58 +0100
Source: cminpack
Architecture: source
Version: 1.3.11-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org>
Closes: 1121959
Changes:
 cminpack (1.3.11-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Alexandre Detiste ]
   * fix Team name
   * trim d/rules with newer & shorter syntax
 .
   [ Ole Streicher ]
   * Switch upstream source to github
   * New upstream version 1.3.11
   * Rediff patches
   * Adjust installation paths and files
   * Don't build single precision and long double libraries
   * Adjust project homepage
   * Simplify d/rules a bit
   * Only run basic test in autopkgtest (Closes: #1121959)
   * Drop old CI patches; we now only do the basic tests
   * Rename d/gitlab-ci.yml to d/salsa-ci.yml
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