diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index a92f47f4d2b..c82794fb895 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-10-28  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
+
+	* gcc.dg/20021014-1.c: Bypass errors on solaris2 and irix6.
+	* gcc.dg/nest.c: Bypass errors on irix6.
+
 2002-10-27  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@bitrange.com>
 
 	* gcc.dg/nest.c: Expect error for mmix-*-*.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/20021014-1.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/20021014-1.c
index 0a5efdffa6d..8a3ad1d8642 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/20021014-1.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/20021014-1.c
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 /* { dg-do run } */
 /* { dg-options "-O2 -p" } */
 /* { dg-error "profiler" "No profiler support" { target mmix-*-* } 0 } */
+/* Support for -p on solaris2 relies on mcrt1.o which comes with the
+   vendor compiler.  We cannot reiably predict the directory where the
+   vendor compiler (and thus mcrt1.o) is installed so we can't
+   necessarily find mcrt1.o even if we have it.  */
+/* { dg-error "mcrt1.o" "Optional vendor profiler support missing" { target *-*-solaris2* } 0 } */
+/* Support for -p on irix relies on libprof1.a which doesn't appear to
+   exist on any irix6 system currently posting testsuite results.  */
+/* { dg-error "libprof1.a" "Profiler support missing" { target mips*-*-irix* } 0 } */
 
 extern void abort (void);
 extern void exit (int);
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/nest.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/nest.c
index 34f4435490c..5520aa1b070 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/nest.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/nest.c
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 /* { dg-do run } */
 /* { dg-options "-O2 -pg" } */
 /* { dg-error "profiler" "No profiler support" { target mmix-*-* } 0 } */
+/* Support for -pg on irix relies on gcrt1.o which doesn't exist yet.
+   See: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-10/msg00169.html */
+/* { dg-error "gcrt1.o" "Profiler support missing" { target mips*-*-irix* } 0 } */
 
 long foo (long x)
 {