rsync - Dec 2002 - errors in regression test

I'm getting errors in the 'make check'.
The error log is here:-

http://berty.dyndns.org/check.log

please, is this 'normal'?
Is it safe to install?

root@liberty rsync-2.5.5 # uname -a
Linux liberty.localnet 2.4.19-xfs #7 Fri Nov 8 13:08:29 NZDT 2002 i686 
GenuineIntel

TIA 10^6

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Sincerely etc.,
Christopher Sawtell