The tests don't need fixing, they are pointing out a real issue, check the bug report to upstream for more info. If we just want to ship with this specific issue not fixed, then patching the test could lead people astray. Instead, seems like we should just disable that test on 32-bit archs.
- Bug#860656: python-biplist: FTBFS on i386: dh_a... Lucas Nussbaum
- Bug#860656: python-biplist: FTBFS on i386:... Christoph Biedl
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- Bug#860656: python-biplist: FTBFS on i386:... Chris Lamb
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- Bug#860656: python-biplist: FTBFS on i... Hans-Christoph Steiner
- Bug#860656: python-biplist: FTBFS ... Chris Lamb
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