diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 7d399aac71b..98e692cfd11 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-12-23  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+	Partial fix of compatibility with gcc-4.7.
+	* gdb.cp/templates.exp (ptype T5<int>, ptype t5i): Turn all PASS cases
+	into XFAIL "new without size_t".  Permit size_t for the KFAIL case.
+	Add comment to add a PASS case in the future.
+
 2011-12-21  Ulrich Weigand  <ulrich.weigand@linaro.org>
 
 	PR tdep/12797
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/templates.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/templates.exp
index 59e94763fed..cc78422483e 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/templates.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.cp/templates.exp
@@ -49,51 +49,53 @@ proc test_ptype_of_templates {} {
 
     gdb_test_multiple "ptype T5<int>" "ptype T5<int>" {
 	-re "type = class T5<int> \{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;${ws}T5<int> & operator=\\(T5<int> const ?&\\);${ws}T5\\(int\\);${ws}T5\\((T5<int> const|const T5<int>) ?&\\);${ws}~T5\\((void|)\\);${ws}static void \\* operator new\\(unsigned( int| long)?\\);${ws}static void operator delete\\(void ?\\*\\);${ws}int value\\((void|)\\);${ws}\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
-	    pass "ptype T5<int>"
+	    xfail "ptype T5<int> -- new without size_t"
 	}
 	-re "type = class T5<int> \{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;${ws}T5\\(int\\);${ws}T5\\((T5<int> const|const T5<int>) ?&\\);${ws}~T5\\((void|)\\);${ws}static void \\* operator new\\(unsigned( int| long)?\\);${ws}static void operator delete\\(void ?\\*\\);${ws}int value\\((void|)\\);${ws}T5<int> & operator=\\(T5<int> const ?&\\);${ws}\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
-	    pass "ptype T5<int>"
+	    xfail "ptype T5<int> -- new without size_t"
 	}
 	-re "type = class T5<int> \\{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;${ws}${ws}T5 \\(int\\);${ws}T5 \\(const class T5<int> &\\);${ws}void ~T5 \\(int\\);${ws}static void \\* new \\(unsigned int\\);${ws}static void delete \\(void ?\\*\\);${ws}int value \\((void|)\\);${ws}\\}${ws}$gdb_prompt $" {
-	    pass "ptype T5<int> -- new with unsigned int"
+	    xfail "ptype T5<int> -- new with unsigned int"
 	}
 	-re "type = class T5<int> \\{.*public:.*static int X;.*int x;.*int val;.*T5 \\(int\\);.*T5 \\(const class T5<int> &\\);.*void ~T5 \\(int\\);.*static void \\* new \\(unsigned long\\);.*static void delete \\(void ?\\*\\);.*int value \\((void|)\\);.*\\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
-	    pass "ptype T5<int> -- new with unsigned long"
+	    xfail "ptype T5<int> -- new with unsigned long"
 	}
 	-re "type = class T5<int> \{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;((${ws}T5<int> & operator=\\(T5<int> const ?&\\);)|(${ws}T5\\(int\\);)|(${ws}T5\\((T5<int> const|const T5<int>) ?&\\);)|(${ws}~T5\\((void|)\\);)|(${ws}static void \\* operator new\\(unsigned( int| long)?\\);)|(${ws}static void operator delete\\(void ?\\*\\);)|(${ws}int value\\((void|)\\);))*${ws}\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
-	    pass "ptype T5<int> (obsolescent gcc or gdb)"
+	    xfail "ptype T5<int> (obsolescent gcc or gdb)"
 	}
-	-re "type = class T5<int> \{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;${ws}void T5\\(int\\);${ws}void T5\\((T5<int> const|const T5<int>) ?&\\);${ws}~T5\\(int\\);${ws}static void \\* operator new\\(unsigned( int| long|)\\);${ws}static void operator delete\\(void ?\\*\\);${ws}int value\\((void|)\\);${ws}\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
+	-re "type = class T5<int> \{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;${ws}void T5\\(int\\);${ws}void T5\\((T5<int> const|const T5<int>) ?&\\);${ws}~T5\\(int\\);${ws}static void \\* operator new\\((size_t|unsigned( int| long|))\\);${ws}static void operator delete\\(void ?\\*\\);${ws}int value\\((void|)\\);${ws}\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
 	    # This also triggers gdb/1113...
 	    kfail "gdb/1111" "ptype T5<int>"
+	    # Add here a PASS case when PR gdb/1111 gets fixed.
 	}
     }
 
     gdb_test_multiple "ptype t5i" "ptype t5i" {
         -re "type = class T5<int> \\{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;\r\n${ws}T5\\(int\\);${ws}T5\\(T5<int> const ?&\\);${ws}~T5\\((void|)\\);${ws}static void \\* operator new\\(unsigned( int| long)?\\);${ws}static void operator delete\\(void ?\\*\\);${ws}int value\\((void|)\\);${ws}\\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
-	    pass "ptype T5<int> -- with several fixes from 4.17"
+	    xfail "ptype T5<int> -- with several fixes from 4.17 -- without size_t"
 	}
         -re "type = class T5<int> \\{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;\r\n${ws}T5 \\(int\\);${ws}T5 \\(const class T5<int> &\\);${ws}void ~T5 \\(int\\);${ws}static void \\* new \\(unsigned int\\);${ws}static void delete \\(void ?\\*\\);${ws}int value \\((void|)\\);${ws}\\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
-	    pass "ptype t5i<int> -- new with unsigned int"
+	    xfail "ptype t5i<int> -- new with unsigned int -- without size_t"
 	}
         -re "type = class T5<int> \\{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;\r\n${ws}T5 \\(int\\);${ws}T5 \\(const class T5<int> &\\);${ws}void ~T5 \\(int\\);${ws}static void \\* new \\(unsigned long\\);${ws}static void delete \\(void ?\\*\\);${ws}int value \\((void|)\\);${ws}\\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
-	    pass "ptype t5i<int> -- new with unsigned long"
+	    xfail "ptype t5i<int> -- new with unsigned long -- without size_t"
 	}
         -re "type = class T5<int> \{.*public:.*static int X;.*int x;.*int val;.*.*T5 \\(int\\);.*.*void ~T5 \\(int\\).*.*.*int value \\((void|)\\);.*\}.*$gdb_prompt $" { 
-            pass "ptype t5i"
+            xfail "ptype t5i -- without size_t"
         }
 	-re "type = class T5<int> \{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;${ws}T5<int> & operator=\\(T5<int> const ?&\\);${ws}T5\\(int\\);${ws}T5\\((T5<int> const|const T5<int>) ?&\\);${ws}~T5\\((void|)\\);${ws}static void \\* operator new\\(unsigned( int| long)?\\);${ws}static void operator delete\\(void ?\\*\\);${ws}int value\\((void|)\\);${ws}\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
-	    pass "ptype t5i"
+	    xfail "ptype t5i -- without size_t"
 	}
 	-re "type = class T5<int> \{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;${ws}T5\\(int\\);${ws}T5\\((T5<int> const|const T5<int>) ?&\\);${ws}~T5\\((void|)\\);${ws}static void \\* operator new\\(unsigned( int| long)?\\);${ws}static void operator delete\\(void ?\\*\\);${ws}int value\\((void|)\\);${ws}T5<int> & operator=\\(T5<int> const ?&\\);${ws}\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
-	    pass "ptype t5i"
+	    xfail "ptype t5i -- without size_t"
 	}
 	-re "type = class T5<int> \{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;((${ws}T5<int> & operator=\\(T5<int> const ?&\\);)|(${ws}T5\\(int\\);)|(${ws}T5\\(T5<int> const ?&\\);)|(${ws}~T5\\((void|)\\);)|(${ws}static void \\* operator new\\(unsigned( int| long)?\\);)|(${ws}static void operator delete\\(void ?\\*\\);)|(${ws}int value\\((void|)\\);))*${ws}\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
-	    pass "ptype t5i (obsolescent gcc or gdb)"
+	    xfail "ptype t5i (obsolescent gcc or gdb) -- without size_t"
 	}
-	-re "type = class T5<int> \{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;${ws}void T5\\(int\\);${ws}void T5\\((T5<int> const|const T5<int>) ?&\\);${ws}~T5\\(int\\);${ws}static void \\* operator new\\(unsigned( int| long|)\\);${ws}static void operator delete\\(void ?\\*\\);${ws}int value\\((void|)\\);${ws}\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
+	-re "type = class T5<int> \{${ws}public:${ws}static int X;${ws}int x;${ws}int val;${ws}void T5\\(int\\);${ws}void T5\\((T5<int> const|const T5<int>) ?&\\);${ws}~T5\\(int\\);${ws}static void \\* operator new\\((size_t|unsigned( int| long|))\\);${ws}static void operator delete\\(void ?\\*\\);${ws}int value\\((void|)\\);${ws}\}\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
 	    # This also triggers gdb/1113...
 	    kfail "gdb/1111" "ptype T5<int>"
+	    # Add here a PASS case when PR gdb/1111 gets fixed.
 	}
     }
 }