Ludo See below * kernel version $ uname -a Linux debian-vm 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Wed Jan 11 12:29:30 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux * ftw output BDW_GC_CFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib BDW_GC_LIBS=-lgc ./check-guile ftw.test BDW_GC_CFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib BDW_GC_LIBS=-lgc ./check-guile ftw.test > ftw-output.log * libc version $ dpkg -l libc6* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii libc6 2.11.3-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libc6-dev 2.11.3-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Development Librarie un libc6-dev-i386 (no description available) un libc6-i686 (no description available) un libc6.1 (no description available) un libc6.1-dev (no description available) Thanks On 9/3/12, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hi again, > > The log you sent shows two failures: > > FAIL: ftw.test: file-system-fold: EACCES > FAIL: gc.test: gc: Lexical vars are collectable > > The second one is harmless and can be ignored. > > As for the first one, can you try this patch, run ‘./check-guile > ftw.test’, and send the output? > > -- Bernardo E.C.