Perrin Meyer [off-list ref] writes:
I was able to build and test git 1.5.2.4 fine, with no errors in the test suite.
I also just build 1.5.3-rc5 on a redhat box, with no errors in the testsuite.
The above sounds as if you built 1.5.2.4 on your Mac in not so
recent past, and 1.5.3-rc5 on your Mac and RH recently.
Has anything changed on your Mac between the time you built
1.5.2.4 and failed to pass the test for 1.5.3-rc5?