port-alpha/44731: atf(7) testcases failures on alpha

[njoly%pasteur.fr@localhost]

>Number:         44731
>Category:       port-alpha
>Synopsis:       atf(7) testcases failures on alpha
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    port-alpha-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Mar 16 22:55:00 +0000 2011
>Originator:     Nicolas Joly
>Release:        NetBSD 5.99.48
>Organization:
Institut Pasteur
>Environment:
System: NetBSD thanos.sis.pasteur.fr 5.99.48 NetBSD 5.99.48 (GENERIC-$Revision: 
1.339 $) #4: Mon Mar 14 11:41:46 CET 2011 
njoly%thanos.sis.pasteur.fr@localhost:/local/src/NetBSD/obj.alpha/sys/arch/alpha/compile/THANOS
 alpha
Architecture: alpha
Machine: alpha
>Description:
Some atf(7) testcases do currently fail on -current NetBSD/alpha machines.
http://www.netbsd.org/~njoly/alpha-atf/1_atf.html#failed-tcs-summary

atf/atf-c++/detail/parser_test (25/353): 23 test cases
    headers_12: Failed: Test program received signal 6 (core dumped)
    headers_2: Failed: Test program received signal 6 (core dumped)
    headers_3: Failed: Test program received signal 6 (core dumped)
    headers_5: Failed: Test program received signal 6 (core dumped)
    headers_6: Failed: Test program received signal 6 (core dumped)
    headers_7: Failed: Test program received signal 6 (core dumped)
    headers_8: Failed: Test program received signal 6 (core dumped)

atf/atf-report/integration_test (51/353): 7 test cases
    default: Failed: atf-check failed; see the output of the test for details
    oflag: Failed: atf-check failed; see the output of the test for details
    output_csv: Failed: atf-check failed; see the output of the test for details
    output_ticker: Failed: atf-check failed; see the output of the test for 
details
    output_xml: Failed: atf-check failed; see the output of the test for details

atf/atf-run/test_program_test (60/353): 31 test cases
    get_metadata_bad: Failed: Test program received signal 6 (core dumped)
    parse_test_case_result_expected_death: Failed: Test program received signal 
11 (core dumped)
    parse_test_case_result_expected_failure: Failed: Test program received 
signal 11 (core dumped)
    parse_test_case_result_failed: Failed: Test program received signal 11 
(core dumped)
    parse_test_case_result_passed: Failed: Test program received signal 11 
(core dumped)
    parse_test_case_result_skipped: Failed: Test program received signal 11 
(core dumped)

>How-To-Repeat:
run atf testcases on alpha machine.
>Fix: