aix 5.1.0.3 and automake 1.7

[Dieter . Ludwig]

Hello
I got an error during the check of automake on AIX 5.1.0.3:

address@hidden:/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7>CC=gcc CFLAGS=-Wl,-brtl ./configure
... -> ok

address@hidden:/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7>make
... -> ok

address@hidden:/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7>make check
Making check in .
make[1]: Entering directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check-am'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7'
Making check in m4
make[1]: Entering directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/m4'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/m4'
Making check in lib
make[1]: Entering directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/lib'
Making check in Automake
make[2]: Entering directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/lib/Automake'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `check'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/lib/Automake'
Making check in am
make[2]: Entering directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/lib/am'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `check'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/lib/am'
make[2]: Entering directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/lib'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `check-am'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/lib'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/lib'
Making check in tests
make[1]: Entering directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/tests'
make  defs
make[2]: Entering directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/tests'
make[2]: `defs' is up to date.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/tests'
make  check-TESTS
make[2]: Entering directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/tests'
PASS: acinclude.test
FAIL: aclibobj.test
PASS: aclocal.test
FAIL: aclocali.test
FAIL: aclocali1.test
PASS: aclocalii.test
FAIL: acoutnoq.test
FAIL: acoutput.test
FAIL: acoutput2.test
FAIL: acoutqnl.test
FAIL: acouttbs.test
PASS: acsilent.test
FAIL: acsubst.test
FAIL: acsubst2.test
FAIL: all.test
FAIL: alpha.test
PASS: amassign.test
PASS: ammissing.test
FAIL: ansi.test
FAIL: ansi2.test
FAIL: ansi3.test
FAIL: ansi4.test
FAIL: ansi5.test
FAIL: ansi6.test
FAIL: ansi7.test
FAIL: ansi8.test
FAIL: ar.test
FAIL: asm.test
FAIL: autoheader.test
FAIL: autoheader2.test
FAIL: auxdir.test
XFAIL: auxdir2.test
FAIL: backsl.test
FAIL: backsl2.test
FAIL: badline.test
FAIL: badprog.test
FAIL: block.test
PASS: canon.test
FAIL: canon2.test
FAIL: canon3.test
FAIL: canon4.test
FAIL: canon5.test
FAIL: ccnoco.test
FAIL: check.test
FAIL: checkall.test
FAIL: clean.test
FAIL: colneq.test
FAIL: colneq2.test
FAIL: colon.test
FAIL: colon2.test
FAIL: colon3.test
FAIL: colon4.test
FAIL: colon5.test
FAIL: colon6.test
FAIL: colon7.test
FAIL: comment.test
FAIL: comment2.test
PASS: comment3.test
FAIL: comment4.test
FAIL: comment5.test
FAIL: comment6.test
FAIL: comment7.test
FAIL: compile_f_c_cxx.test
FAIL: cond.test
PASS: cond2.test
FAIL: cond3.test
FAIL: cond4.test
PASS: cond5.test
FAIL: cond6.test
FAIL: cond7.test
FAIL: cond8.test
FAIL: cond9.test
FAIL: cond10.test
FAIL: cond11.test
PASS: cond12.test
FAIL: cond13.test
FAIL: cond14.test
FAIL: cond15.test
FAIL: cond16.test
XFAIL: cond17.test
FAIL: cond18.test
FAIL: cond19.test
FAIL: cond20.test
FAIL: cond21.test
FAIL: cond22.test
FAIL: cond23.test
FAIL: cond24.test
FAIL: cond25.test
FAIL: condd.test
FAIL: condincl.test
PASS: condincl2.test
FAIL: condlib.test
FAIL: condman.test
FAIL: condman2.test
FAIL: conf2.test
FAIL: confdeps.test
FAIL: confdist.test
FAIL: confh.test
FAIL: confh4.test
FAIL: config.test
FAIL: confincl.test
FAIL: confsub.test
FAIL: confvar.test
FAIL: confvar2.test
FAIL: copy.test
FAIL: ctarget1.test
FAIL: cxx.test
FAIL: cxx2.test
FAIL: cxxansi.test
FAIL: cxxcpp.test
FAIL: cxxlibobj.test
FAIL: cxxlink.test
FAIL: cxxnoc.test
FAIL: cxxo.test
FAIL: cygwin32.test
FAIL: dash.test
PASS: defun.test
FAIL: defun2.test
FAIL: dejagnu.test
FAIL: dejagnu2.test
PASS: depacl.test
PASS: depacl2.test
FAIL: depcomp.test
FAIL: depcomp2.test
FAIL: depdist.test
FAIL: depend.test
FAIL: depend2.test
FAIL: depend3.test
FAIL: depend4.test
SKIP: destdir.test
PASS: dirforbid.test
PASS: dirlist.test
FAIL: discover.test
FAIL: distcommon.test
FAIL: distcommon2.test
FAIL: distcommon3.test
FAIL: distdir.test
FAIL: distname.test
FAIL: dollar.test
FAIL: double.test
PASS: dup2.test
PASS: dup3.test
FAIL: else.test
FAIL: empty.test
FAIL: empty2.test
FAIL: empty3.test
FAIL: empty4.test
PASS: error.test
FAIL: exdir.test
PASS: exdir2.test
FAIL: exeext.test
FAIL: exeext2.test
FAIL: exsource.test
FAIL: ext.test
FAIL: ext2.test
FAIL: extra.test
FAIL: extra3.test
FAIL: extra4.test
FAIL: extra5.test
FAIL: extra6.test
FAIL: extra7.test
FAIL: flibs.test
FAIL: fnoc.test
FAIL: fo.test
FAIL: fonly.test
FAIL: fortdep.test
FAIL: fpinst2.test
FAIL: fpinstall.test
FAIL: gcj.test
PASS: gcj2.test
FAIL: gcj3.test
FAIL: gcj4.test
FAIL: gcj5.test
PASS: getopt.test
SKIP: gettext.test
SKIP: gettext2.test
FAIL: gnuwarn.test
PASS: gnits.test
FAIL: gnits2.test
FAIL: gnits3.test
FAIL: header.test
FAIL: implicit.test
FAIL: include.test
FAIL: include2.test
FAIL: info.test
PASS: insh.test
FAIL: insh2.test
FAIL: install2.test
FAIL: installdir.test
FAIL: installsh.test
FAIL: instdata.test
FAIL: instdata2.test
FAIL: instexec.test
FAIL: insthook.test
FAIL: instman.test
FAIL: instman2.test
FAIL: interp.test
FAIL: interp2.test
PASS: java.test
PASS: java2.test
PASS: javaprim.test
PASS: javasubst.test
PASS: ldadd.test
PASS: ldflags.test
PASS: lex.test
PASS: lex2.test
FAIL: lex3.test
PASS: lex4.test
FAIL: lex5.test
PASS: libobj2.test
PASS: libobj3.test
PASS: libobj4.test
PASS: libobj5.test
PASS: libobj7.test
PASS: libobj8.test
PASS: libobj10.test
PASS: libobj11.test
PASS: libobj12.test
SKIP: libobj12b.test
PASS: library.test
PASS: library2.test
SKIP: libtool.test
SKIP: libtool2.test
SKIP: libtool3.test
PASS: libtool4.test
SKIP: libtool5.test
SKIP: libtool6.test
PASS: link_c_cxx.test
PASS: link_dist.test
PASS: link_f_c.test
PASS: link_f_c_cxx.test
PASS: link_f_cxx.test
PASS: link_f_only.test
PASS: lisp.test
PASS: lisp2.test
SKIP: listval.test
SKIP: ltdeps.test
SKIP: ltlibobjs.test
PASS: maintclean.test
PASS: make.test
PASS: makevars.test
PASS: man.test
PASS: man2.test
PASS: mclean.test
PASS: mdate.test
PASS: mdate2.test
PASS: mdate3.test
PASS: mdate4.test
PASS: mkinst2.test
PASS: mkinstall.test
FAIL: nobase.test
PASS: nodefine.test
PASS: nodefine2.test
PASS: nodep.test
PASS: nodepcomp.test
PASS: nodist.test
PASS: nodist2.test
PASS: noinst.test
PASS: noinstdir.test
PASS: nolink.test
PASS: nostdinc.test
PASS: number.test
PASS: obsolete.test
PASS: order.test
PASS: outdir.test
PASS: output.test
PASS: output2.test
PASS: output3.test
PASS: output4.test
PASS: output5.test
PASS: package.test
PASS: parse.test
PASS: percent.test
PASS: percent2.test
PASS: phony.test
PASS: pluseq.test
PASS: pluseq2.test
PASS: pluseq3.test
PASS: pluseq4.test
PASS: pluseq5.test
PASS: pluseq6.test
PASS: pluseq7.test
PASS: pluseq8.test
PASS: pluseq9.test
PASS: postproc.test
PASS: ppf77.test
PASS: pr2.test
PASS: pr9.test
PASS: pr72.test
PASS: pr87.test
SKIP: pr204.test
PASS: pr211.test
PASS: pr220.test
PASS: pr224.test
PASS: pr229.test
PASS: pr243.test
PASS: pr266.test
PASS: pr279.test
PASS: pr279-2.test
PASS: pr287.test
PASS: pr300-lib.test
FAIL: pr300-ltlib.test
PASS: pr300-prog.test
PASS: pr307.test
PASS: prefix.test
PASS: primary.test
PASS: primary2.test
PASS: proginst.test
PASS: python.test
PASS: python2.test
PASS: ranlib.test
PASS: recurs.test
PASS: recurs2.test
PASS: remake.test
PASS: remake2.test
PASS: remake3.test
PASS: req.test
PASS: required.test
PASS: required2.test
PASS: rulepat.test
PASS: scripts.test
PASS: seenc.test
PASS: sinclude.test
PASS: sourcesub.test
PASS: sourcesub2.test
PASS: space.test
PASS: specflags.test
PASS: specflags2.test
PASS: specflags3.test
PASS: specflags6.test
PASS: specflags7.test
PASS: specflags8.test
PASS: specflags9.test
PASS: spell.test
PASS: spell2.test
PASS: spell3.test
PASS: spelling.test
PASS: stamph.test
PASS: stamph2.test
PASS: stdlib.test
PASS: strip.test
PASS: subdir.test
PASS: subdir2.test
PASS: subdir3.test
PASS: subdir4.test
XFAIL: subdir5.test
PASS: subdir6.test
PASS: subdir7.test
PASS: subdirbuiltsources.test
SKIP: subdircond.test
PASS: subdircond2.test
PASS: subdircond3.test
PASS: subobj.test
PASS: subobj2.test
PASS: subobj3.test
PASS: subobj4.test
PASS: subobj5.test
PASS: subobj6.test
PASS: subobj7.test
PASS: subobj8.test
PASS: subobj9.test
PASS: subobjname.test
PASS: subpkg.test
PASS: subst.test
PASS: substref.test
PASS: substtarg.test
PASS: suffix.test
PASS: suffix2.test
PASS: suffix3.test
PASS: suffix4.test
PASS: suffix5.test
PASS: suffix6.test
PASS: suffix7.test
PASS: suffix8.test
PASS: suffix9.test
SKIP: suffix10.test
PASS: symlink.test
PASS: symlink2.test
PASS: symlink3.test
PASS: syntax.test
PASS: tags.test
PASS: tagsub.test
PASS: target.test
PASS: target-cflags.test
PASS: targetclash.test
PASS: texinfo.test
PASS: texinfo2.test
PASS: texinfo3.test
PASS: texinfo4.test
PASS: texinfo5.test
PASS: texinfo6.test
PASS: texinfo7.test
PASS: texinfo8.test
PASS: texinfo9.test
PASS: texinfo10.test
SKIP: texinfo13.test
SKIP: texinfo16.test
PASS: transform.test
PASS: unused.test
PASS: vars.test
PASS: vars2.test
PASS: vars3.test
PASS: vartar.test
PASS: version.test
PASS: version2.test
PASS: version3.test
PASS: version4.test
PASS: version5.test
PASS: version6.test
PASS: vpath.test
PASS: vtexi.test
PASS: vtexi2.test
PASS: warnopts.test
PASS: werror.test
PASS: whoami.test
PASS: xsource.test
PASS: yacc.test
PASS: yacc2.test
PASS: yacc3.test
SKIP: yacc4.test
PASS: yacc5.test
PASS: yacc6.test
FAIL: yacc7.test
SKIP: yacc8.test
PASS: yaccpp.test
SKIP: yaccvpath.test
=====================================
173 of 406 tests failed
(20 tests were not run)
Please report to address@hidden
=====================================
make[2]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/tests'
make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/install/source/automake/1.7/automake-1.7/tests'
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1

How can I compile automake on AIX 5.1 without errors?
Regards
Didi

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