# allow expected output to be written as if $prog is on STDIN
$results =~ s/tmp\d+/-/g;
$results =~ s/\n%[A-Z]+-[SIWEF]-.*$// if $Is_VMS; # clip off DCL status msg
+# bison says 'parse error' instead of 'syntax error',
+# various yaccs may or may not capitalize 'syntax'.
+ $results =~ s/^(syntax|parse) error/syntax error/mig;
$expected =~ s/\n+$//;
my $prefix = ($results =~ s/^PREFIX\n//) ;
if ( $results =~ s/^SKIPPED\n//) {