In article <87oegeja2g.fsf@aladdin.de>
cpg@aladdin.de wrote:

> "make test" reports some errors:
 :
> What actually is the "U" status in the ps output?

Accroding to bin/ps/print.c, it's LSSUSPENDED lwp.

> Why is there a "bad system call"?

Seems kernel vs libc version mismatch.
(Newer libc could have some new syscall entry)

On my DC (running 2.99.11), only one test failed on make test:
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pragma/locale........# The following locales
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# The following locales
#
#	nb nl zh_CN.GB18030
#
# had problems.
#
FAILED at test 116
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Failed 1 test script out of 255, 99.61% okay.
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Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp