--- src/cppunit/TypeInfoHelper.cpp.orig 2012-07-25 16:51:42.684996802 +0300 +++ src/cppunit/TypeInfoHelper.cpp 2012-07-25 16:59:06.149667846 +0300 @@ -21,7 +22,10 @@ TypeInfoHelper::getClassName( const std: int status = 0; char* c_name = 0; - c_name = abi::__cxa_demangle( info.name(), 0, 0, &status ); + const char* m_name = info.name(); + if (m_name[0] == '*') // inlined std::type_info::name() of older GXX + m_name++; + c_name = abi::__cxa_demangle( m_name, 0, 0, &status ); std::string name( c_name ); free( c_name );