[SciPy-User] scipy odr testing failed

[Warren Weckesser]

  On 9/24/10 8:56 AM, Jing wrote:
> I have Lucid 10.04 ubuntu x86_64 and python 2.6.5. After install
> numpy1.3.0 and scipy 0.7.0 from repository, I run a test on numpy and
> scipy. The numpy test was OK, but the scipy test was failed on ODR
> testing. The screen print-out was shown below:
>   >>>  scipy.test()
> Running unit tests for scipy
> NumPy version 1.3.0
> NumPy is installed in /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy
> SciPy version 0.7.0
> SciPy is installed in /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/scipy
> Python version 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:57:41) [GCC 4.4.3]
> nose version 0.11.4
> ...
> .........warning: specified build_dir '_bad_path_' does not exist or is
> not writable. Trying default locations
> ...warning: specified build_dir '..' does not exist or is not writable.
> Trying default locations
> ..warning: specified build_dir '_bad_path_' does not exist or is not
> writable. Trying default locations
> ...warning: specified build_dir '..' does not exist or is not writable.
> Trying default locations
> ..................................................
> .................................................. ........................
> ================================================== ====================
> ERROR: test_implicit (test_odr.TestODR)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/scipy/odr/tests/test_odr.py",
> line 88, in test_implicit
> out = implicit_odr.run()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/scipy/odr/odrpack.py", line 1055,
> in run
> self.output = Output(apply(odr, args, kwds))
> TypeError: y must be a sequence or integer (if model is implicit)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 2587 tests in 27.774s
>
> FAILED (KNOWNFAIL=3, SKIP=13, errors=1)
> <nose.result.TextTestResult run=2587 errors=1 failures=0>
>   >>>
>
> Is scipy broken in this build or do I miss something? Thanks for the help.
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This problem was fixed after 0.7.0 was released:

    http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/ticket/829


Warren