coreutils-5.1.1 test loops on GNU/Linux on PowerPC

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

The coreutils-5.1.1 build on GNU/Linux on PowerPC produces an apparent
infinite loop in this test:

Machinetype:            Apple PowerMac G3 (267 MHz);    GNU/Linux 2.4.19-4a 
(Yellow Dog Linux release 2.3 (Dayton))
Remote gcc version:     gcc (GCC) 3.2.2
Remote g++ version:     g++ (GCC) 3.2.2
Configure environment:  CC=gcc CXX=g++ LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib" 
...
make  check-TESTS
make[3]: Entering directory `/local/build/coreutils-5.1.1/tests/misc'

A top command shows:

  PID USER     PRI  NI  SIZE  RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM   TIME COMMAND
 5762 beebe     19  19   588  588   436 R N  13.4  0.3 104:27 paste

I killed that process, and the test is proceeding; more when it completes.

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