diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 9f8429d874e3..07ebd8f7e076 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1998-09-16  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>
+
+	* g++.old-deja/g++.brendan/array1.C: Size array via arithmetic based
+	on the native word size instead of an integer literal.
+
 1998-09-15  Alexandre Oliva  <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
 
 	* g++.old-deja/g++.other/static2.C: invocation of static data
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.old-deja/g++.brendan/array1.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.old-deja/g++.brendan/array1.C
index 64924639f6f4..18129589d9f6 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/g++.old-deja/g++.brendan/array1.C
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.old-deja/g++.brendan/array1.C
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Build don't link: 
 // Special g++ Options: -fconserve-space -fcommon
 // GROUPS passed array-bindings
-// excess errors test - XFAIL sparc64-*-* 
+
 extern "C" void printf (char *, ...);
-char array[(unsigned) 0x90000000];// ERROR -  overflow in array dimension.* , XFAIL sparc64-*-* alpha*-*-*
+char array[~(~0ul>>1)|~(0ul>>3)];  // ERROR - overflow in array dimension.*
 int main () { printf ("PASS\n"); return 0; }