We already fixed this in Ubuntu, using an upstream unreleased patch. I just tested this out with the Debian version of the package and it fixes the failure there too. Here's the diff.
-Barry === modified file 'debian/changelog' --- debian/changelog 2011-09-20 10:35:03 +0000 +++ debian/changelog 2012-01-03 18:08:38 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +cython (0.15.1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + * debian/patches/python27-testsuite-fix.patch: + Fix test suite for Python 2.7 change. Patch comes from Cython + upstream, post 0.15.1 release. (Closes: #651996) + + -- Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:07:26 -0500 + cython (0.15.1-1) unstable; urgency=low [ Nikolaus Rath ] === added file 'debian/patches/python27-testsuite-fix.patch' --- debian/patches/python27-testsuite-fix.patch 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 +++ debian/patches/python27-testsuite-fix.patch 2012-01-03 18:06:57 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +Description: Upstream fix (post 0.15.1 release) to work around changes + in Python 2.7's indexing error message. +Origin: https://github.com/cython/cython/commit/b623fb856a82d2ece1e2f04fb32309384ab0cb7e.diff +Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cython/+bug/901840/+index +Forwarded: not-needed + +diff --git a/tests/run/dict_getitem.pyx b/tests/run/dict_getitem.pyx +index 845ac7f..40e05e8 100644 +--- a/tests/run/dict_getitem.pyx ++++ b/tests/run/dict_getitem.pyx +@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def test(dict d, index): + + >>> test(None, 1) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS + Traceback (most recent call last): +- TypeError: ...subscriptable... ++ TypeError: ...object... + """ + return d[index] + +diff --git a/tests/run/index.pyx b/tests/run/index.pyx +index 22cec2b..74eec6e 100644 +--- a/tests/run/index.pyx ++++ b/tests/run/index.pyx +@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@ + __doc__ = u""" +- >>> index_object(100, 100) ++ >>> index_object(100, 100) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS + Traceback (most recent call last): + ... +- TypeError: 'int' object is unsubscriptable ++ TypeError: 'int' object ... + """ + + import sys +-if sys.version_info >= (2,7): +- __doc__ = __doc__.replace(u'is unsubscriptable', u'is not subscriptable') +-elif sys.version_info < (2,5): +- __doc__ = __doc__.replace(u"'int' object is unsubscriptable", u'unsubscriptable object') ++if sys.version_info < (2,5): ++ __doc__ = __doc__.replace(u"'int' object ...", u'unsubscriptable object') + + import cython + === modified file 'debian/patches/series' --- debian/patches/series 2011-09-20 10:35:03 +0000 +++ debian/patches/series 2012-01-03 18:06:57 +0000 @@ -1,1 +1,2 @@ deb_tempdisable_numpy_doctests +python27-testsuite-fix.patch
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