I've posted the results of 'make check' for xapian "oldstable" (xapian-core-1.2.24) compiled on Slackware-14.0 (32 bit) here: http://nurmi-labs.blogspot.com/p/xapian-linux-old-stable-sse.html xapian-linux-old-stable-sse Summary ./apitest backend none: All 58 tests passed. ./apitest backend inmemory: All 228 tests passed, 8 skipped. ./apitest backend brass: All 304 tests passed, 2 skipped. ./apitest backend chert: All 304 tests passed, 2 skipped. ./apitest backend flint: All 300 tests passed, 2 skipped. ./apitest backend multi_brass: All 159 tests passed, 5 skipped. ./apitest backend multi_chert: All 159 tests passed, 5 skipped. ./apitest backend multi_flint: All 157 tests passed, 5 skipped. ./apitest backend remoteprog_brass: All 227 tests passed, 3 skipped. ./apitest backend remotetcp_brass: All 227 tests passed, 3 skipped. ./apitest backend remoteprog_chert: All 227 tests passed, 3 skipped. ./apitest backend remotetcp_chert: All 227 tests passed, 3 skipped. ./apitest backend remoteprog_flint: All 221 tests passed, 2 skipped. ./apitest backend remotetcp_flint: All 221 tests passed, 2 skipped. ./apitest total: All 3019 tests passed, 45 skipped. PASS: apitest PASS: internaltest PASS: stemtest PASS: queryparsertest PASS: termgentest PASS: unittest =================All 6 tests passed ==================