TST: skip shape comparison test in test_testing

Author: jreback

pandas/tests/test_testing.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     assert_index_equal, assert_series_equal, assert_frame_equal,
     assert_numpy_array_equal, assert_isinstance, RNGContext
 )
+from pandas.compat import is_platform_windows
 
 # let's get meta.
 
@@ -137,6 +138,9 @@ class TestAssertNumpyArrayEqual(tm.TestCase):
 
     def test_numpy_array_equal_message(self):
 
+        if is_platform_windows():
+            raise nose.SkipTest("windows has incomparable line-endings and uses L on the shape")
+
         expected = """numpy array are different
 
 numpy array shapes are different
@@ -625,4 +629,4 @@ def test_locale(self):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     nose.runmodule(argv=[__file__, '-vvs', '-x', '--pdb', '--pdb-failure'],
-                   exit=False)
+                   exit=False)