> Sure. Since the problem is only related to long double, you can bypass > either all the tests on ppc64el, or, disable long double on ppc64el and keep > the tests. Either way it should work.
In fact, I came up with a better solution. Just disable the tests for long on ppc64el. Let me know if it works for you. Thank you, Breno
diff -Nru nfft-3.3.2/debian/changelog nfft-3.3.2/debian/changelog --- nfft-3.3.2/debian/changelog 2016-10-31 05:00:52.000000000 -0400 +++ nfft-3.3.2/debian/changelog 2016-12-09 16:12:51.000000000 -0500 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +nfft (3.3.2-1.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Avoid running tests with long double on ppc64el due to failing tests + (Closes: #844403) + * Add build-dependency for latex. + + -- Breno Leitao <lei...@debian.org> Fri, 09 Dec 2016 16:12:51 -0500 + nfft (3.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium * New upstream version 3.3.2 diff -Nru nfft-3.3.2/debian/control nfft-3.3.2/debian/control --- nfft-3.3.2/debian/control 2016-10-31 05:00:52.000000000 -0400 +++ nfft-3.3.2/debian/control 2016-12-09 16:12:51.000000000 -0500 @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ libcunit1-dev, libfftw3-dev, libncurses5-dev, - pkg-config + pkg-config, + texlive Build-Depends-Indep: doxygen Standards-Version: 3.9.8 Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-science/packages/nfft.git diff -Nru nfft-3.3.2/debian/rules nfft-3.3.2/debian/rules --- nfft-3.3.2/debian/rules 2016-10-31 05:00:52.000000000 -0400 +++ nfft-3.3.2/debian/rules 2016-12-09 16:12:51.000000000 -0500 @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wall -pedantic export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed +export DEB_HOST_ARCH = $(shell dpkg-architecture -q DEB_HOST_ARCH) # Available precisions. PRECISIONS = single double @@ -57,7 +58,13 @@ dh_auto_build --builddirectory=build-double -- doc override_dh_auto_test-arch: - for p in $(PRECISIONS) ; do \ + # Not running test for long double on ppc64el + if [ "$(DEB_HOST_ARCH)" = "ppc64el" ] ; then \ + PRECISIONS_TEST="single double" ;\ + else \ + PRECISIONS_TEST="$(PRECISIONS)" ;\ + fi ;\ + for p in $$PRECISIONS_TEST; do \ dh_auto_test --builddirectory=build-$$p ; \ done