Subject: Re: bug#76260: Non-deterministic test failure in python-numba 0.61.0

From: Jelle Licht <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:08:27 +0100

Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hello,
>
> The test suite of python-numba 0.61.0 appears to fail
> non-deterministically, possibly depending on the underlying CPU:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> ======================================================================
> ERROR: test_wrapper_address_protocol_libm (numba.tests.test_function_type.TestFunctionTypeExtensions) [<object object at 0x7ffe6ed6d120>] (jit={'nopython': True})
> Call cos and sinf from standard math library.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/gnu/store/72yrh3zapdhq2ka5s0d9jlmx3ma0b0c3-python-numba-0.61.0/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numba/tests/test_function_type.py", line 628, in test_wrapper_address_protocol_libm
>     self.assertEqual(jit_(myeval)(mycos, 0.0), 1.0)
>   File "/gnu/store/72yrh3zapdhq2ka5s0d9jlmx3ma0b0c3-python-numba-0.61.0/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numba/core/dispatcher.py", line 424, in _compile_for_args
>     error_rewrite(e, 'typing')
>   File "/gnu/store/72yrh3zapdhq2ka5s0d9jlmx3ma0b0c3-python-numba-0.61.0/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numba/core/dispatcher.py", line 365, in error_rewrite
>     raise e.with_traceback(None)
> numba.core.errors.TypingError: Failed in nopython mode pipeline (step: nopython frontend)
> non-precise type pyobject
> During: typing of argument at /gnu/store/72yrh3zapdhq2ka5s0d9jlmx3ma0b0c3-python-numba-0.61.0/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numba/tests/test_function_type.py (619)
>
> File "../gnu/store/72yrh3zapdhq2ka5s0d9jlmx3ma0b0c3-python-numba-0.61.0/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numba/tests/test_function_type.py", line 619:
>
>         def myeval(f, x):
>         ^
>
> During: Pass nopython_type_inference
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 10498 tests in 2473.476s
>
> FAILED (errors=1, skipped=706, expected failures=18)
> error: in phase 'check': uncaught exception:
> %exception #<&invoke-error program: "python3" arguments: ("-m" "numba.runtests" "-v" "-m") exit-status: 1 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f> 
> phase `check' failed after 2479.6 seconds
> command "python3" "-m" "numba.runtests" "-v" "-m" failed with status 1
> build process 18 exited with status 256
> builder for `/gnu/store/39yljlzxy92x7gq74w5hv25sqwapdsz6-python-numba-0.61.0.drv' failed with exit code 1
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Would it be possible to disable this test?
There are quite some packages blocked by this breakage:

guix refresh -l python-numba
Building the following 60 packages would ensure 145 dependent packages are rebuilt...

Kind regards,
Jelle