libtool 1.4.2 on OS X -- Test failures

[Chris Rose]

I just built libtool 1.4.2 on Max OS X v10.1.5, and ran the tests. There 
were 18 failures out of the 56 tests. The following lists the results. 
Is this normal?

Making check in tests
make  check-TESTS
PASS: cdemo-static.test
PASS: cdemo-make.test
PASS: cdemo-exec.test
PASS: demo-static.test
FAIL: demo-make.test
FAIL: demo-exec.test
FAIL: demo-inst.test
PASS: demo-unst.test
PASS: depdemo-static.test
PASS: depdemo-make.test
PASS: depdemo-exec.test
PASS: depdemo-inst.test
PASS: depdemo-unst.test
PASS: mdemo-static.test
FAIL: mdemo-make.test
PASS: mdemo-unst.test
PASS: cdemo-conf.test
FAIL: cdemo-make.test
PASS: demo-conf.test
FAIL: demo-make.test
PASS: demo-unst.test
PASS: depdemo-conf.test
FAIL: depdemo-make.test
PASS: depdemo-unst.test
PASS: mdemo-conf.test
FAIL: mdemo-make.test
PASS: mdemo-unst.test
FAIL: dryrun.test
PASS: demo-nofast.test
FAIL: demo-make.test
PASS: demo-unst.test
PASS: demo-pic.test
FAIL: demo-make.test
PASS: demo-nopic.test
FAIL: demo-make.test
PASS: depdemo-nofast.test
FAIL: depdemo-make.test
PASS: depdemo-unst.test
PASS: cdemo-shared.test
FAIL: cdemo-make.test
PASS: demo-shared.test
FAIL: demo-make.test
PASS: demo-unst.test
PASS: depdemo-shared.test
FAIL: depdemo-make.test
PASS: depdemo-unst.test
PASS: mdemo-shared.test
FAIL: mdemo-make.test
PASS: mdemo-unst.test
PASS: assign.test
PASS: link.test
PASS: link-2.test
PASS: nomode.test
FAIL: quote.test
PASS: sh.test
PASS: suffix.test
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18 of 56 tests failed
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