>>> You need to look at the log to see what's going wrong, and run a few >>> of the test cases. There's probably a common cause. >> >> Also, on two different architectures I see similarly poor results. Here >> are the sparc results : >> >> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2011-10/msg03531.html > > That's not the log, so there's no info. no no .. thats just the summary. I have the full logs also. > An ICE is always a bug. That was what bothered me. well, the first ice-cube in the log starts in the gcc tests thus : === gcc tests === Schedule of variations: unix Running target unix Using /opt/bw/share/dejagnu/baseboards/unix.exp as board description file for target. Using /opt/bw/share/dejagnu/config/unix.exp as generic interface file for target. Using /opt/bw/src/GCC/gcc-4.6.2/gcc/testsuite/config/default.exp as tool-and-target-specific interface file. Running /opt/bw/src/GCC/gcc-4.6.2/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/compile/compile.exp ... FAIL: gcc.c-torture/compile/limits-exprparen.c -O0 (internal compiler error) the test that failed with ice was : # Expect driver script for GCC Regression Tests # Copyright (C) 1993, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2007 Free Software Foundation # # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with GCC; see the file COPYING3. If not see # <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. # These tests come from Torbjorn Granlund's (tege@xxxxxxxxxx) # C torture test suite, and other contributors. # Load support procs. load_lib gcc-dg.exp # Initialize `dg'. dg-init # Main loop. set saved-dg-do-what-default ${dg-do-what-default} set dg-do-what-default "assemble" gcc-dg-runtest [lsort [glob -nocomplain $srcdir/$subdir/*.\[cS\]]] "-w" set dg-do-what-default ${saved-dg-do-what-default} # All done. dg-finish Not too sure how to run that manually however here is the source of that test : # cat ../gcc-4.6.2/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/compile/limits-exprparen.c #define LBR1 ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( #define LBR2 LBR1 LBR1 LBR1 LBR1 LBR1 LBR1 LBR1 LBR1 LBR1 LBR1 #define LBR3 LBR2 LBR2 LBR2 LBR2 LBR2 LBR2 LBR2 LBR2 LBR2 LBR2 #define LBR4 LBR3 LBR3 LBR3 LBR3 LBR3 LBR3 LBR3 LBR3 LBR3 LBR3 #define LBR5 LBR4 LBR4 LBR4 LBR4 LBR4 LBR4 LBR4 LBR4 LBR4 LBR4 #define LBR6 LBR5 LBR5 LBR5 LBR5 LBR5 LBR5 LBR5 LBR5 LBR5 LBR5 #define RBR1 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) #define RBR2 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 RBR1 #define RBR3 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 RBR2 #define RBR4 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 RBR3 #define RBR5 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 RBR4 #define RBR6 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 RBR5 int q5_var = LBR4 0 RBR4; hrmm, that is a lot of parentheses ! Is there a log file somewhere that shows more detail on what blew up ? -- -- http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x1D936C72FA35B44B +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Dennis Clarke | Solaris and Linux and Open Source | | dclarke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | Respect for open standards. | +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+