This patch appears to fix the failures on AIX. PASS: 27_io/basic_filebuf/sgetn/char/1-in.cc (test for excess errors) PASS: 27_io/basic_filebuf/sgetn/char/1-in.cc execution test PASS: 27_io/basic_filebuf/sgetn/char/1-io.cc (test for excess errors) PASS: 27_io/basic_filebuf/sgetn/char/1-io.cc execution test Thanks, David