https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=libmatio&ver=1.6.0-1

...
3578. mat73_read_mcos.at:775: testing Dump MCOS table v73 human readable ...
./mat73_read_mcos.at:779: cp $srcdir/results/dump-mcos-table_v73-hd.out expout
          $builddir/../tools/matdump -h -d $srcdir/datasets/test_table_v7.3.mat
--- expout	2026-08-30 21:45:22.670224629 +0000
+++ /build/reproducible-path/libmatio-1.6.0/test/testsuite.dir/at-groups/3578/stdout	2026-08-30 21:45:22.690224636 +0000
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@

   T = 3x5 table

-    FlightNum    Customer    Date           Rating    Comment
-    _________    ________    ___________    ______    _________________________________________________
+    FlightNum    Customer                            Date           Rating    Comment
+    _________    ________________________________    ___________    ______    ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

-         1261    "Jones"     20-Dec-2016    Good      "Flight left on time, not crowded"
-          547    "Brown"     21-Dec-2016    Poor      "Late departure, ran out of dinner options"
-         3489    "Smith"     22-Dec-2016    Fair      "Late, but only by half an hour. Otherwise fine."
+         1261    "\u6500\u6E00\u6F00\u4A00\u6F00"    20-Dec-2016    Good      "\u6700\u6900\u6C00\u4600\u6C00\u2000\u7400\u6800\u2000\u7400\u6600\u6500\u7400\u2000\u6E00\u6F00\u2C00\u6500\u6D00\u6900\u7400\u6F00\u6E00\u2000\u6F00\u7200\u6300\u2000\u6400\u6500\u6400\u7700"
+          547    "\u7200\u4200\u7300\u6D00\u5300"    21-Dec-2016    Poor      "\u6500\u7400\u6100\u4C00\u7000\u6500\u6400\u2000\u7500\u7400\u7200\u6100\u2000\u2C00\u6500\u7200\u2000\u6E00\u6100\u7200\u2000\u7400\u7500\u6F00\u6400\u2000\u6600\u6F00\u6500\u6E00\u6E00\u6900\u7000\u6F00\u2000\u7200\u6E00\u6F00\u6900\u7400\u7400"
+         3489    "\u6E00\u7700"                      22-Dec-2016    Fair      "\u6100\u4C00\u7300\u6200\u2000\u2C00\u6500\u6F00\u2000\u7400\u7500\u2000\u7900\u6C00\u6E00\u6800\u2000\u7900\u6200\u2000\u6600\u6C00\u6100\u6800\u2000\u6E00\u6100\u2E00\u7200\u7500\u6F00\u6800\u7400\u4F00\u2000\u6900\u7700\u7200\u6500\u6600\u2000\u6500"
3578. mat73_read_mcos.at:775:  FAILED (mat73_read_mcos.at:779)
...
ERROR: 3021 tests were run,
25 failed unexpectedly.
574 tests were skipped.
## -------------------------- ##
## testsuite.log was created. ##
## -------------------------- ##

Please send 'test/testsuite.log' and all information you think might help:

   To: <t-beu@users.sourceforge.net>
   Subject: [MATIO 1.6.0] testsuite: 3330 3331 3332 3333 3334 3335 3337 3338 3341 3342 3343 3344 3345 3346 3347 3348 3463 3467 3469 3471 3473 3570 3574 3576 3578 failed

You may investigate any problem if you feel able to do so, in which
case the test suite provides a good starting point.  Its output may
be found below 'test/testsuite.dir'.

make[4]: *** [Makefile:1428: check-local] Error 1

Hi Adrian,

I have raised a PR which addresses the issue:
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/pull/372

Thanks,
Pranav

Hi,

Are there any problems uploading this fix? It has been merged upstream.

Paul

Hi Adrian,

The PR has been merged upstream.

Thanks,
Pranav

Dear maintainer,

I've prepared an NMU for libmatio (versioned as 1.6.0-1.1) and uploaded
it to DELAYED/2. Please feel free to tell me if I should cancel it.

cu
Adrian

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libmatio, 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 1146263@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> (supplier of updated libmatio package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:50:00 +0200
Source: libmatio
Architecture: source
Version: 1.6.0-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>
Closes: 1146263
Changes:
 libmatio (1.6.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload.
 .
   [ Adrian Bunk ]
   * Apply patch by Pranav P to fix FTBFS on big endian.
     Closes: #1146263.
 .
   [ Santiago Vila ]
   * d/salsa-ci.yml: Use the simplified version.
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