I recently update gsyprf11 to the latest debian testing. I also tried 2.6.32.2, first SMP, then UP because of /bin/sh segmentation faults. I think the /bin/sh segmentation faults are the vfork issue, but the vfork testcases run successfully on the above. My first attempt at running the GCC testsuite hung: dave@gsyprf11:~/gcc-4.5/objdir$ ps -ef|grep dave|grep 18073 dave 18073 18064 2 Dec21 ? 00:11:07 expect -- /usr/share/dejagnu/runtest.exp --tool gfortran dave 18091 18073 0 02:09 ? 00:00:00 [gfortran] <defunct> dave@gsyprf11:~/gcc-4.5/objdir$ strace -p 18073 Process 18073 attached - interrupt to quit futex(0x1c538, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL <unfinished ...> Process 18073 detached dave@gsyprf11:~/gcc-4.5/objdir$ strace -p 18091 attach: ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, ...): Operation not permitted This is the backtrace for expect: 0x4039934c in __lll_lock_wait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 (gdb) bt #0 0x4039934c in __lll_lock_wait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #1 0x4038f9c4 in pthread_mutex_lock () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #2 0x40b73008 in pthread_mutex_lock () from /lib/libc.so.6 #3 0x4085eeb8 in Tcl_WaitForEvent () from /usr/lib/libtcl8.5.so.0 #4 0x4081ccdc in Tcl_DoOneEvent () from /usr/lib/libtcl8.5.so.0 #5 0x4003d9c4 in exp_get_next_event () from /usr/lib/libexpect.so.5.44.1.14 #6 0x4001c6bc in expRead () from /usr/lib/libexpect.so.5.44.1.14 #7 0x4001eea0 in Exp_ExpectObjCmd () from /usr/lib/libexpect.so.5.44.1.14 ... This is just a guess but I would guess that the gfortran task either didn't update the futex address, or is blocked from doing so. libc6 is 2.10.2-2. This is probably related to the long standing problem with expect and tcl8.4 and later. expect-tcl8.3 works better. Any thoughts? Dave -- J. David Anglin dave.anglin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx National Research Council of Canada (613) 990-0752 (FAX: 952-6602) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html