From 5c1c6a3071cbb7d9879f520510ccd2fc87d39969 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederik Rietdijk <fridh@fridh.nl>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 12:29:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] python.pkgs.datashape: disable several tests

---
 pkgs/development/python-modules/datashape/default.nix | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datashape/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datashape/default.nix
index 9177e9f0ff4..4fcb38e7b36 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datashape/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datashape/default.nix
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
   checkInputs = [ pytest mock ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy multipledispatch dateutil ];
 
+  # Disable several tests
+  # https://github.com/blaze/datashape/issues/232
   checkPhase = ''
-    py.test datashape/tests
+    py.test -k "not test_validate and not test_nested_iteratables and not test_validate_dicts and not test_tuples_can_be_records_too" datashape/tests
   '';
 
   meta = {