NR::scale in libnr fails the operator/(scale, scale) test. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -v inkscape Actual Results: [...] make check-TESTS make[4]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/portage/inkscape-0.37/work/inkscape-0.37/src/libnr' Testing Basic NR::Point operations... X,Y values...OK x,y constructor and operator[] const...OK copy constructor...OK non-const operator[]...OK binary +, -...OK unary-...OK scale, divide...OK dot...OK L1, L2, LInfty norms...OK operator+=...OK operator/=...OK normalize...OK Basic NR::Point operations: OK (all 12 passed) PASS: nr-types-test Testing NR::scale... x,y constructor and operator[] const...OK copy constructor, operator==, operator!=...OK operator=...OK point constructor...OK operator*(Point, scale)...OK operator*(scale, scale)...OK operator/(scale, scale)...Assertion `sa_b == NR::scale(-0.75, 2./3.)' failed NR::scale: FAILED (6/7 tests passed) Testing rotate... constructors, comparisons...OK operator=...OK inverse...OK operator*(Point, rotate)...OK operator*(rotate, rotate)...OK operator/(rotate, rotate)...OK rotate: OK (all 6 passed) Testing translate... constructors, operator[]...OK operator=...OK operator*(translate, translate)...OK operator*(Point, translate)...OK identity...OK translate: OK (all 5 passed) Testing Matrix... basic constructors, operator=...OK scale constructor...OK rotate constructor...OK translate constructor...OK test_identity...OK inverse...OK Matrix: OK (all 6 passed) FAIL: nr-matrix-test =================== 1 of 2 tests failed =================== make[4]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/portage/inkscape-0.37/work/inkscape-0.37/src/libnr' make[3]: *** [check-am] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/portage/inkscape-0.37/work/inkscape-0.37/src/libnr' make[2]: *** [check] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/portage/inkscape-0.37/work/inkscape-0.37/src/libnr' make[1]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/portage/inkscape-0.37/work/inkscape-0.37/src' make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 !!! ERROR: media-gfx/inkscape-0.37 failed. !!! Function src_test, Line 566, Exitcode 0 !!! Make check failed. See above for details. !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Expected Results: Successfully run the test suite and install the package. Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.10-infra-r2-cube-1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-infra-r2-cube-1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+ Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb 8 2005, 02:37:46)] distcc 2.16 i586-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.4_p6, 1.9.4, 1.6.3, 1.8.5-r3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium -mcpu=athlon-tbird -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /usr/vice/etc /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/afs/C /etc/afs/afsws /etc/afs/modload /etc/gconf /etc/make.globals /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium -mcpu=athlon-tbird -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache collision-protect distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms strict test userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://gentoo.inode.at/ ftp://gentoo.inode.at/source/" LANG="en_US" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp/portage" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage-local--main--1.0" SYNC="rsync://hybrid.sascha.silbe.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow S3TC X acl afs alsa apm avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts blas bzlib cdr crypt curl doc dvd dvdr emboss encode f77 fam flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gimpprint gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile hbci imagemagick imap imlib ipv6 j-noaim j-nomsn j-noyahoo jabber jpeg kerberos lapack lcms libg++ libwww lvm1 mad maildir makecheck mbox mikmod mmx monitor mozsvg mpeg mysql nas ncurses nls nodrm offensive oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib plotutils png postgres python qt qtmt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl serial skey spell sqlite sse ssl tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode xml xml2 xv xvid zlib linguas_en,de" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
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