make check failures with binutils-2.17

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Mike,

> cross compile targets that failed:
> alpha-linux-gnu
> armeb-linux-gnu
> avr
> hppa-linux-gnu
> hppa64-linux-gnu
> mips64-linux-gnu
> mips64el-linux-gnu

Failed to build ?  Failed to run ?  Failed to produce correct output ?

Cheers
   Nick