Subject: bug#77195: hdf5-parallel-openmpi failure (was Re: bug#77195: [PATCH 0/7] Remove fenics)

From: Paul Garlick <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:34:12 +0100

Hi Guix,

I notice that the three hdf5-parallel-openmpi tests that have been
failing are now skipped (commit 2dd09c786c).  Thanks Ludo!

Meanwhile, I have submitted a patch that fixes the fenics-dolfin build.
Dolfin is the main library in the fenics package.  The problem turned
out to be an hdf5-related issue too; the API has changed in the move
from 1.10 to 1.14.  The patch is bug #78878.

There is one more build to fix; the fenics package itself.  This
package provides the high-level python interface.  In this case, it is
a numpy update that is causing one of the tests to fail.

Best regards,

Paul.