make check error on AIX (iwth gettext 0.17)

[Rainer Tammer]

Hello,
I am getting the following make check error on AIX 5.3:

# ./make.text
Making check in gnulib-local
gmake[1]: Entering directory
`/opt/freeware/src/packages/BUILD/gettext-0.17/gnulib-local'
gmake[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'.
...snip...
Starting test_lock ... OK
Starting test_rwlock ... OK
Starting test_recursive_lock ... OK
Starting test_once ... OK
PASS: test-lock
==================
All 1 tests passed
==================
...snip...
gmake  check-TESTS
gmake[3]: Entering directory
`/opt/freeware/src/packages/BUILD/gettext-0.17/gettext-tools/tests'
PASS: gettext-1
PASS: gettext-2
Skipping test: not a glibc system
SKIP: gettext-3
Skipping test: no traditional french locale is installed
SKIP: gettext-4
Skipping test: not a glibc system
SKIP: gettext-5
Skipping test: not a glibc system
SKIP: gettext-6
Skipping test: not a glibc system
SKIP: gettext-7
PASS: msgattrib-1
PASS: msgattrib-2
PASS: msgattrib-3
PASS: msgattrib-4
PASS: msgattrib-5
PASS: msgattrib-6
PASS: msgattrib-7
PASS: msgattrib-8
PASS: msgattrib-9
PASS: msgattrib-10
PASS: msgattrib-11
PASS: msgattrib-12
PASS: msgattrib-13
PASS: msgattrib-14
PASS: msgattrib-15
PASS: msgattrib-16
PASS: msgattrib-17
PASS: msgattrib-properties-1
PASS: msgcat-1
PASS: msgcat-2
PASS: msgcat-3
PASS: msgcat-4
PASS: msgcat-5
PASS: msgcat-6
PASS: msgcat-7
PASS: msgcat-8
PASS: msgcat-9
PASS: msgcat-10
PASS: msgcat-11
PASS: msgcat-12
PASS: msgcat-13
PASS: msgcat-14
PASS: msgcat-15
PASS: msgcat-16
PASS: msgcat-properties-1
PASS: msgcat-properties-2
PASS: msgcat-stringtable-1
PASS: msgcmp-1
PASS: msgcmp-2
PASS: msgcmp-3
PASS: msgcmp-4
PASS: msgcomm-1
PASS: msgcomm-2
PASS: msgcomm-3
PASS: msgcomm-4
PASS: msgcomm-5
PASS: msgcomm-6
PASS: msgcomm-7
PASS: msgcomm-8
PASS: msgcomm-9
PASS: msgcomm-10
PASS: msgcomm-11
PASS: msgcomm-12
PASS: msgcomm-13
PASS: msgcomm-14
PASS: msgcomm-15
PASS: msgcomm-16
PASS: msgcomm-17
PASS: msgcomm-18
PASS: msgcomm-19
PASS: msgcomm-20
PASS: msgcomm-21
PASS: msgcomm-22
PASS: msgcomm-23
PASS: msgcomm-24
PASS: msgcomm-25
PASS: msgcomm-26
PASS: msgconv-1
PASS: msgconv-2
PASS: msgconv-3
PASS: msgconv-4
PASS: msgconv-5
PASS: msgconv-6
PASS: msgen-1
PASS: msgen-2
PASS: msgen-3
./msgexec-1: line 76: 1478788 Broken pipe             ${MSGEXEC} -i
mex-test1.po ./mex-test1.sh >mex-test1.out
FAIL: msgexec-1
PASS: msgexec-2
msgexec: ./mex-test3.sh subprocess failed
FAIL: msgexec-3
msgexec: ./mex-test4.sh subprocess failed
FAIL: msgexec-4
Skipping test: fold program inserts extra newline
SKIP: msgfilter-1
./msgfilter-2: line 97: 1007864 Broken pipe             LC_ALL=C
${MSGFILTER} -i mfi-test2.po -o mfi-test2.out sed -e "$sedexpr
1" -e "$sedexpr2" >mfi-test2.err 2>&1
FAIL: msgfilter-2
Skipping test: fold program inserts extra newline
SKIP: msgfilter-3
msgfilter: sed subprocess failed
FAIL: msgfilter-4
PASS: msgfilter-sr-latin-1
PASS: msgfmt-1
PASS: msgfmt-2
PASS: msgfmt-3
PASS: msgfmt-4
PASS: msgfmt-5
PASS: msgfmt-6
PASS: msgfmt-7
PASS: msgfmt-8
PASS: msgfmt-9
PASS: msgfmt-10
PASS: msgfmt-11
PASS: msgfmt-12
PASS: msgfmt-13
PASS: msgfmt-14
PASS: msgfmt-15
PASS: msgfmt-16
PASS: msgfmt-properties-1
PASS: msgfmt-qt-1
PASS: msgfmt-qt-2
PASS: msggrep-1
PASS: msggrep-2
PASS: msggrep-3
PASS: msggrep-4
PASS: msggrep-5
PASS: msggrep-6
PASS: msggrep-7
PASS: msggrep-8
PASS: msginit-1
PASS: msginit-2
PASS: msgmerge-1
PASS: msgmerge-2
PASS: msgmerge-3
PASS: msgmerge-4
PASS: msgmerge-5
PASS: msgmerge-6
PASS: msgmerge-7
PASS: msgmerge-8
PASS: msgmerge-9
PASS: msgmerge-10
PASS: msgmerge-11
PASS: msgmerge-12
PASS: msgmerge-13
PASS: msgmerge-14
PASS: msgmerge-15
PASS: msgmerge-16
PASS: msgmerge-17
PASS: msgmerge-18
PASS: msgmerge-19
PASS: msgmerge-20
PASS: msgmerge-21
PASS: msgmerge-22
PASS: msgmerge-compendium-1
PASS: msgmerge-compendium-2
PASS: msgmerge-compendium-3
PASS: msgmerge-compendium-4
PASS: msgmerge-compendium-5
PASS: msgmerge-compendium-6
PASS: msgmerge-properties-1
PASS: msgmerge-properties-2
PASS: msgmerge-update-1
PASS: msgmerge-update-2
PASS: msgmerge-update-3
PASS: msgunfmt-1
PASS: msgunfmt-2
Skipping test: C# compiler not found
SKIP: msgunfmt-csharp-1
msgfmt: /usr/java5/bin/javac subprocess failed
FAIL: msgunfmt-java-1
PASS: msgunfmt-properties-1
Skipping test: tclsh not found or Tcl too old
SKIP: msgunfmt-tcl-1
PASS: msguniq-1
PASS: msguniq-2
PASS: msguniq-3
PASS: msguniq-4
PASS: msguniq-5
PASS: msguniq-6
Skipping test: no french UTF-8 locale is installed
SKIP: recode-sr-latin-1
Skipping test: no japanese EUC-JP locale is installed
SKIP: recode-sr-latin-2
PASS: xgettext-1
PASS: xgettext-2
PASS: xgettext-3
PASS: xgettext-4
PASS: xgettext-5
PASS: xgettext-6
PASS: xgettext-7
PASS: xgettext-8
PASS: xgettext-9
PASS: xgettext-awk-1
PASS: xgettext-awk-2
PASS: xgettext-c-1
PASS: xgettext-c-2
PASS: xgettext-c-3
PASS: xgettext-c-4
PASS: xgettext-c-5
PASS: xgettext-c-6
PASS: xgettext-c-7
PASS: xgettext-c-8
PASS: xgettext-c-9
PASS: xgettext-c-10
PASS: xgettext-c-11
PASS: xgettext-c-12
PASS: xgettext-c-13
PASS: xgettext-c-14
PASS: xgettext-c-15
PASS: xgettext-c-16
PASS: xgettext-c-17
PASS: xgettext-csharp-1
PASS: xgettext-csharp-2
PASS: xgettext-csharp-3
PASS: xgettext-csharp-4
PASS: xgettext-csharp-5
PASS: xgettext-csharp-6
PASS: xgettext-csharp-7
PASS: xgettext-elisp-1
PASS: xgettext-elisp-2
PASS: xgettext-glade-1
PASS: xgettext-glade-2
PASS: xgettext-glade-3
PASS: xgettext-java-1
PASS: xgettext-java-2
PASS: xgettext-java-3
PASS: xgettext-java-4
PASS: xgettext-java-5
PASS: xgettext-java-6
PASS: xgettext-java-7
PASS: xgettext-librep-1
PASS: xgettext-librep-2
PASS: xgettext-lisp-1
PASS: xgettext-lisp-2
PASS: xgettext-objc-1
PASS: xgettext-objc-2
PASS: xgettext-perl-1
PASS: xgettext-perl-2
PASS: xgettext-perl-3
PASS: xgettext-perl-4
PASS: xgettext-perl-5
PASS: xgettext-perl-6
PASS: xgettext-perl-7
PASS: xgettext-php-1
PASS: xgettext-php-2
PASS: xgettext-php-3
PASS: xgettext-php-4
PASS: xgettext-po-1
PASS: xgettext-properties-1
PASS: xgettext-python-1
PASS: xgettext-python-2
PASS: xgettext-python-3
PASS: xgettext-python-4
PASS: xgettext-scheme-1
PASS: xgettext-scheme-2
PASS: xgettext-scheme-3
PASS: xgettext-sh-1
PASS: xgettext-sh-2
PASS: xgettext-sh-3
PASS: xgettext-sh-4
PASS: xgettext-sh-5
PASS: xgettext-sh-6
PASS: xgettext-smalltalk-1
PASS: xgettext-smalltalk-2
PASS: xgettext-stringtable-1
PASS: xgettext-tcl-1
PASS: xgettext-tcl-2
PASS: xgettext-tcl-3
PASS: xgettext-ycp-1
PASS: xgettext-ycp-2
PASS: xgettext-ycp-3
PASS: xgettext-ycp-4
PASS: format-awk-1
PASS: format-awk-2
PASS: format-boost-1
PASS: format-boost-2
PASS: format-c-1
PASS: format-c-2
PASS: format-c-3
PASS: format-c-4
PASS: format-c-5
PASS: format-csharp-1
PASS: format-csharp-2
PASS: format-elisp-1
PASS: format-elisp-2
PASS: format-gcc-internal-1
PASS: format-gcc-internal-2
PASS: format-java-1
PASS: format-java-2
PASS: format-kde-1
PASS: format-kde-2
PASS: format-librep-1
PASS: format-librep-2
PASS: format-lisp-1
PASS: format-lisp-2
PASS: format-php-1
PASS: format-php-2
PASS: format-python-1
PASS: format-python-2
PASS: format-pascal-1
PASS: format-pascal-2
PASS: format-perl-1
PASS: format-perl-2
PASS: format-perl-brace-1
PASS: format-perl-brace-2
PASS: format-perl-mixed-1
PASS: format-perl-mixed-2
PASS: format-qt-1
PASS: format-qt-2
PASS: format-scheme-1
PASS: format-scheme-2
PASS: format-sh-1
PASS: format-sh-2
PASS: format-tcl-1
PASS: format-tcl-2
PASS: format-ycp-1
PASS: format-ycp-2
PASS: plural-1
PASS: plural-2
Skipping test: no french locale is installed
SKIP: lang-c
Skipping test: no french locale is installed
SKIP: lang-c++
Skipping test: Objective C compiler not found
SKIP: lang-objc
Skipping test: no french locale is installed
SKIP: lang-sh
Skipping test: no french locale is installed
SKIP: lang-bash
Skipping test: python not found
SKIP: lang-python-1
Skipping test: python not found
SKIP: lang-python-2
Skipping test: clisp not found
SKIP: lang-clisp
PASS: lang-elisp
Skipping test: rep not found
SKIP: lang-librep
Skipping test: guile not found
SKIP: lang-guile
Skipping test: gst not found
SKIP: lang-smalltalk
msgfmt: /usr/java5/bin/javac subprocess failed
FAIL: lang-java
Skipping test: C# compiler not found
SKIP: lang-csharp
Skipping test: gawk not found
SKIP: lang-gawk
Skipping test: ppc386 compiler not found
SKIP: lang-pascal
PASS: lang-ycp
Skipping test: tclsh not found or msgcat extension not present
SKIP: lang-tcl
Skipping test: perl package Locale::Messages is not installed
SKIP: lang-perl-1
Skipping test: perl package libintl-perl is not installed
SKIP: lang-perl-2
Skipping test: php not found
SKIP: lang-php
PASS: lang-po
PASS: lang-rst
=======================
7 of 298 tests failed
(29 tests were not run)
=======================


Any ideas ???


Bye
  Rainer Tammer