make check fails for kerberos 1.4.2 on Slackware Linux 10.2. Please help

[Ioannis Angelopoulos]

Some details of my system
Slackware Linux 10.2 with 2.6.13 kernel for i686 platform (intel pentium 3)
perl 5.8.7 installed


./configure --with-krb4 and make were successfully completed even with 
several warnings (the make part)
But...
root at SlackRouter:~/krb5-1.4.2/src# make check
making check in util...
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util'
making check in util/support...
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/support'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/support'
making check in util/et...
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/et'
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`echo -L../../lib | sed -e "s/-L//g" -e "s/ /:/g"`; export 
LD_LI
BRARY_PATH; ./test_et
Before initiating error table:

Table name 'krb'
UNIX  name ''
Msg TGT-expired is 'Unknown code krb 2'
Msg EPERM is 'Operation not permitted'
Msg FOO_ERR is 'Unknown code quux 0'
Msg 1002 is 'Unknown code C 234'
Msg {sys_nerr-1} is 'Operation canceled'
Msg {sys_nerr} is 'Unknown error 126'
Msg 0 is 'Unknown code 0'
With 0: tgt-expired -> Unknown code krb 2
KRB error table initialized:  base 39525376 (Can't read ticket file), name krb
With krb: tgt-expired -> TGT expired
QUUX error table initialized: base -1359220224 (foo), name quux
Msg for TGT-expired is 'TGT expired'
Msg {sys_nerr-1} is 'Operation canceled'
Msg FOO_ERR is 'foo'
Msg KRB_SKDC_CANT is 'Can't send request'
Msg 1e6 (8B 64) is 'Unknown code 8B 64'


COM_ERR tests:
whoami: foo
whoami: foo  -- message goes here
whoami:
whoami: error number 0

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`echo -L../../lib | sed -e "s/-L//g" -e "s/ /:/g"`; export 
LD_LI
BRARY_PATH; ./t_com_err
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/et'
making check in util/ss...
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/ss'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/ss'
making check in util/profile...
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/profile'
+++
+++ Tcl not available, some profile tests not run.
+++
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/profile'
making check in util/pty...
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/pty'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/pty'
making check in util/db2...
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2'
making check in util/db2/hash...
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/hash'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/hash'
making check in util/db2/btree...
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/btree'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/btree'
making check in util/db2/db...
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/db'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/db'
making check in util/db2/mpool...
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/mpool'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/mpool'
making check in util/db2/recno...
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/recno'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/recno'
making check in util/db2/clib...
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/clib'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/clib'
making check in util/db2/test...
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/test'
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`echo -L../../../lib | sed -e "s/-L//g" -e "s/ /:/g"`; 
export LD
_LIBRARY_PATH; srcdir=. TMPDIR=. /bin/sh ./run.test
Test 1: btree, hash: small key, small data pairs
test1: type hash: failed
make[3]: *** [check] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2/test'
make[2]: *** [check-recurse] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util/db2'
make[1]: *** [check-recurse] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/krb5-1.4.2/src/util'
make: *** [check-recurse] Error 1

I have no idea what is happening so any help would be more than welcomed.
I thank all of you
Ioannis