diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
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--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-10-03  Jerry DeLisle  <jvdelisle@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	PR libfortran/33253
+	* gfortran.dg/namelist_38.f90: New test.
+	* gfortran.dg/namelist_39.f90: New test.
+
 2007-10-03  Francois-Xavier Coudert  <fxcoudert@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	PR libfortran/33469
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/namelist_38.f90 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/namelist_38.f90
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5578654eea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/namelist_38.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+! { dg-do run }
+! PR33253 namelist: reading back a string, also fixed writing with delimiters.
+! Test case modified from that of the PR by
+! Jerry DeLisle  <jvdelisle@gcc.gnu.org>
+program main
+  implicit none
+  character(len=3) :: a
+  namelist /foo/ a
+
+  open(10, status="scratch", delim="quote")
+  a = 'a"a'
+  write(10,foo) 
+  rewind 10
+  a = ""
+  read (10,foo) ! This gave a runtime error before the patch.
+  if (a.ne.'a"a') call abort
+  close (10)
+
+  open(10, status="scratch", delim="apostrophe")
+  a = "a'a"
+  write(10,foo) 
+  rewind 10
+  a = ""
+  read (10,foo)
+  if (a.ne."a'a") call abort
+  close (10)
+
+  open(10, status="scratch", delim="none")
+  a = "a'a"
+  write(10,foo) 
+  rewind 10
+  a = ""
+  read (10,foo)
+  if (a.ne."a'a") call abort
+  close (10)
+end program main
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/namelist_39.f90 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/namelist_39.f90
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..758b2deccfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/namelist_39.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+! { dg-do run }
+! PR33421 and PR33253 Weird quotation of namelist output of character arrays
+! Test case from Toon Moene, adapted by Jerry DeLisle  <jvdelisle@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+program test
+implicit none
+character(len=45) :: b(3)
+namelist /nam/ b
+b = 'x'
+open(99, status="scratch")
+write(99,'(4(a,/),a)') "&NAM", &
+      " b(1)=' AAP NOOT MIES WIM ZUS JET',", &
+      " b(2)='SURF.PRESSURE',", &
+      " b(3)='APEKOOL',", &
+      " /"
+rewind(99)
+read(99,nml=nam)
+close(99)
+
+if (b(1).ne." AAP NOOT MIES WIM ZUS JET                   ") call abort
+if (b(2).ne."SURF.PRESSURE                                ") call abort
+if (b(3).ne."APEKOOL                                      ") call abort
+
+end program test
+