OKay, lets see if we can sort this out : beta $ ./configure --prefix=/opt/bw --disable-silent-rules \ > --enable-threads=posix --without-gnu-ld \ > --with-libiconv-prefix=/opt/bw \ > --with-lib etc etc good compile however : FAIL: examples/c/mfcalc/mfcalc.test PASS: examples/c/rpcalc/rpcalc.test SKIP: examples/c/bistromathic/bistromathic.test PASS: examples/c/calc/calc.test FAIL: examples/c/glr/c++-types.test PASS: examples/c/lexcalc/lexcalc.test PASS: examples/c/pushcalc/calc.test SKIP: examples/c/reccalc/reccalc.test ============================================================================ Testsuite summary for GNU Bison 3.8.2 ============================================================================ # TOTAL: 8 # PASS: 4 # SKIP: 2 # XFAIL: 0 # FAIL: 2 # XPASS: 0 # ERROR: 0 ============================================================================ See ./test-suite.log Please report to bug-bison@gnu.org ============================================================================ gmake[4]: *** [Makefile:10492: test-suite.log] Error 1 gmake[4]: Leaving directory '/opt/bw/build/bison-3.8.2_sunos5.10_sparcv9.001' gmake[3]: *** [Makefile:10600: check-TESTS] Error 2 gmake[3]: Leaving directory '/opt/bw/build/bison-3.8.2_sunos5.10_sparcv9.001' gmake[2]: *** [Makefile:10826: check-am] Error 2 gmake[2]: Leaving directory '/opt/bw/build/bison-3.8.2_sunos5.10_sparcv9.001' gmake[1]: *** [Makefile:10377: check-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/bw/build/bison-3.8.2_sunos5.10_sparcv9.001' gmake: *** [Makefile:10828: check] Error 2 How to proceed here? Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional