ENH: Merge changes from main tree into VTK-5-0 branch. (cvs -q up -j1.45...

ENH: Merge changes from main tree into VTK-5-0 branch. (cvs -q up -j1.45 -j1.46 Common/Testing/Cxx/TestCxxFeatures.cxx)

Common/Testing/Cxx/TestCxxFeatures.cxx

@@ -646,7 +646,9 @@ int main()
 #endif
   DO_TEST(TestBinaryWriting);
   DO_TEST(TestSafeBoolIdiom);
+#ifndef VTK_CXX_GCC_2 // avoid strange exception problem on debian gcc 2.95
   DO_TEST(TestException);
+#endif
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_DEBUG)
   // just call the code to shut up a linker warning
   int retVal = 0;