gdb requires dejagnu 1.4.3 or sourceware dejagnu (which is very close to 1.4.3), because of the new kfail features found in 1.4.3. I just install dejagnu 1.4.3 in its own directory and then add that directory to my $PATH when I test gdb. I also do that with bison, flex, gnu make, binutils, and gcc. It's blunt but it works for me. Michael C