Backtraces, while running the testsuite appear to smash the process in some way that results in an abort.
2005-10-11 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> * TestRunner.sh: Add .printProblem to print the Throwable in short form. Call from .addError, and .addFailure. Delete the .printDefects stub so that the stack is printed at the end of the run. avoids the problem.
this is caused by an abort while doing the backtrace as part of constructing a throw