--- a/test/report_results
+++ b/test/report_results
@@ -4,19 +4,27 @@
 failed_total=0
 cat $OUTS
 
-# if awk exists, use it to print total statistics
-if which awk > /dev/null ; then
-	awk '/total:/ { passed += $3; failed += $5; }
-	END { printf " TOTAL:     PASSED %3d     FAILED %3d\n", passed, failed; }' $OUTS
-fi
+ret=0
 for out in $OUTS ; do
 	if [ ! -s $out ] ; then
 		echo " $out file empty (test crashed)!"
+		ret=1
 	else
 		if grep -q WARNING $out ; then
 			echo " $out produced warnings:"
 			grep WARNING $out
+			ret=1
+		fi
+		passed=$(grep total: $out | (read a b num d; echo $num))
+		passed_total=$((passed_total+passed))
+		failed=$(grep total: $out | (read a b c d num f; echo $num))
+		failed_total=$((failed_total+failed))
+		if test "$failed" -gt 0; then
+			echo " $out has failures"
+			ret=1
 		fi
 	fi
 done
+printf "\n TOTAL:     PASSED %3d     FAILED %3d\n" "$passed_total" "$failed_total"
 
+exit $ret