[Help-smalltalk] 2 tests fail on debian

[Brian P. Wilfley]

Hi folks,

I've just tried, as a rank smalltalk novice, to install gnu smalltalk on
debian (woody).  configure and make ran just fine.  When I ran 'make
check', at the tail end, I got the results below.  

Thanks 

Brian  


=====================Cut from make check output================
make  check-TESTS
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/bwilfley/src/smalltalk-2.1.8/tests'
FAIL: arrays.st
PASS: classes.st
PASS: blocks.st
PASS: sets.st
PASS: processes.st
PASS: exceptions.st
PASS: intmath.st
FAIL: floatmath.st
PASS: dates.st
PASS: objects.st
PASS: strings.st
PASS: chars.st
PASS: objdump.st
PASS: delays.st
PASS: geometry.st
PASS: cobjects.st
PASS: compiler.st
PASS: fileext.st
PASS: mutate.st
PASS: ArrayANSITest
PASS: ArrayFactoryANSITest
PASS: BagANSITest
PASS: BagFactoryANSITest
PASS: BooleanANSITest
PASS: ByteArrayANSITest
PASS: ByteArrayFactoryANSITest
PASS: CharacterANSITest
PASS: CharacterFactoryANSITest
PASS: DateAndTimeANSITest
PASS: DateAndTimeFactoryANSITest
PASS: DictionaryANSITest
PASS: DictionaryFactoryANSITest
PASS: DurationANSITest
PASS: DurationFactoryANSITest
PASS: DyadicValuableANSITest
PASS: ErrorANSITest
PASS: ErrorClassANSITest
PASS: ExceptionANSITest
PASS: ExceptionClassANSITest
PASS: ExceptionSetANSITest
PASS: FailedMessageANSITest
PASS: FileStreamFactoryANSITest
PASS: FloatANSITest
PASS: FloatCharacterizationANSITest
PASS: FractionANSITest
PASS: FractionFactoryANSITest
PASS: IdentityDictionaryANSITest
PASS: IdentityDictionaryFactoryANSITest
PASS: IntegerANSITest
PASS: IntervalANSITest
PASS: IntervalFactoryANSITest
PASS: MessageNotUnderstoodANSITest
PASS: MessageNotUnderstoodSelectorANSITest
PASS: MonadicBlockANSITest
PASS: NilANSITest
PASS: NiladicBlockANSITest
PASS: NotificationANSITest
PASS: NotificationClassANSITest
PASS: ObjectANSITest
PASS: ObjectClassANSITest
PASS: OrderedCollectionANSITest
PASS: OrderedCollectionFactoryANSITest
PASS: ReadFileStreamANSITest
PASS: ReadStreamANSITest
PASS: ReadStreamFactoryANSITest
PASS: ReadWriteStreamANSITest
PASS: ReadWriteStreamFactoryANSITest
PASS: ScaledDecimalANSITest
PASS: SelectorANSITest
PASS: SetANSITest
PASS: SetFactoryANSITest
PASS: SortedCollectionANSITest
PASS: SortedCollectionFactoryANSITest
PASS: StringANSITest
PASS: StringFactoryANSITest
PASS: SymbolANSITest
PASS: TranscriptANSITest
PASS: WarningANSITest
PASS: WarningClassANSITest
PASS: WriteFileStreamANSITest
PASS: WriteStreamANSITest
PASS: WriteStreamFactoryANSITest
PASS: ZeroDivideANSITest
PASS: ZeroDivideFactoryANSITest
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2 of 84 tests failed
Please report to address@hidden
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make[2]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bwilfley/src/smalltalk-2.1.8/tests'
make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bwilfley/src/smalltalk-2.1.8/tests'
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1