junit.textui.TestRunner only prints the failures at the end. While this works well when running pure java (which shouldn't crash), it isn't so good for frysk where a failure can result in a core dump.
2005-10-08 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> * TestRunner.sh: Add class Results, extends ResultPrinter. Use Results to print each failure as soon as it occures. is an improvement, perhaphs it should print dots, and then a full dump when one fails.
this is caused by gcc aborting while attempting to construct the backtrace for a throw