Regression on 7.1.2 fails 17/76 - is it up to date?

This *is* supposed to be the forum for naive questions, so here goes: Are the regression tests still valid?

I'm asking, because my installation reports: "17 of 76 tests failed, 1 of these failures ignored." This seems an awful lot for a recent download..... It is a known problem, or do I need to investigate further?

There is a bug report relating to PostgreSQL 7.0.3 which seems similar (http://www.ca.postgresql.org/bugs/bugs.php?4~236) but surely this is fixed by now.....? And if not: any thoughts on whether it is the database or the regression test that is the problem?

Allan.

System info:

RedHat Linux 7.1 on i686 SMP.

bash-2.04$ uname -mrsp
Linux 2.4.2-2 i686 unknown

bash-2.04$ rpm -qi postgresql
Name : postgresql Relocations: (not relocateable)
Version : 7.1.2 Vendor: (none)
Release : 4PGDG Build Date: Wed 13 Jun 2001 10:18:46 PM BST
Install date: Fri 29 Jun 2001 08:43:51 PM BST Build Host: lowen.wgcr.org
Group : Applications/Databases Source RPM: postgresql-7.1.2-4PGDG.src.rpm
Size : 4426307 License: BSD
URL : http://www.postgresql.org/
Summary : PostgreSQL client programs and libraries.
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bash-2.04$ make installcheck | grep -i fail
test char ... FAILED
test varchar ... FAILED
test int8 ... FAILED
test numeric ... FAILED
test abstime ... FAILED
test copy ... FAILED
test select ... FAILED
test select_distinct ... FAILED
test select_distinct_on ... FAILED
test select_implicit ... FAILED
test select_having ... FAILED
test aggregates ... FAILED
test random ... failed (ignored)
test misc ... FAILED
test select_views ... FAILED
test portals_p2 ... FAILED
test limit ... FAILED