make 3.81: make check reports errors (MacOS 10.4.11) - what to do about?

[Ingo von Borstel]

Hello,

I'm just trying to get make 3.81 installed on my Macbook which runs 
MacOS 10.4.11:
ingo$ gcc --version
i686-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)
ingo$ make --version
GNU Make 3.80

Compile is fine so far, but when running "make check" to verify things, 
I get an error reported in the default names category:

features/default_names .................................. Error running 
/Users/ingo/Desktop/Download/make-3.81/tests/../make (expected 0; got 
512): /Users/ingo/Desktop/Download/make-3.81/tests/../make

*** Test returned 0
ok     (4 passed)

which subsequently leads to
2 Tests in 1 Category Failed (See .diff files in work dir for details) :-(

make[2]: *** [check-regression] Error 1
make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1


Now, I tried to find the mentioned .diff files but I fail in doing so. I 
guess in order to tell more about what went wrong they might be 
especially helpful :)
They're neither in . (the directory I unpacked the source into and ran 
./configure and make) nor in ~ nor does a *diff* exist in . or
Where else can they be?

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Ingo