gettext 0.17 segmentation fault on make check on AIX 6.1

[Federico Ficarelli]

Dear gettext developers,
  I'm writing to report several test failures I'm facing during make 
check on an AIX 6.1 machine with gettext 0.17 built with IBM VisualAge 
compiler version 10.1.

* Configure:
./configure --prefix=$SANDBOX CC=xlc_r CXX=xlC_r F77=xlf_r

* config.log attached to this mail

* The failed tests are:

./msgexec-1[76]: 1532110 Segmentation fault(coredump)
FAIL: msgexec-1
./msgexec-3[51]: 1851596 Segmentation fault(coredump)
FAIL: msgexec-3
./msgexec-4[73]: 1851616 Segmentation fault(coredump)
FAIL: msgexec-4
./msgfilter-2[96]: 938140 Segmentation fault(coredump)
FAIL: msgfilter-2
./msgfilter-4[91]: 938154 Segmentation fault(coredump)
FAIL: msgfilter-4
./msginit-1[44]: 1331342 Segmentation fault(coredump)
FAIL: msginit-1
./msginit-2[68]: 1273908 Segmentation fault(coredump)
FAIL: msginit-2
./msgunfmt-java-1[59]: 1757400 Segmentation fault(coredump)
FAIL: msgunfmt-java-1

=======================
9 of 295 tests failed
(32 tests were not run)
=======================

How can I investigate the source of these failures?
Thank you very much.
Greetings.
Federico.

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Federico Ficarelli
CINECA - High Performance Computing Group
          Via Magnanelli 6/3
          40033 Casalecchio di Reno
          Bologna - Italy
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configure: exit 0