coreutils-5.1.1 test failures on Compaq/DEC OSF/1 4.0

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

There were consistent test failures for the coreutils-5.1.1 builds on
Compaq/DEC OSF/1 4.0:

Machinetype:            DEC Alpha 4100-5/466 (4 CPUs, 466 MHz, 2GB RAM);        
  OSF/1 4.0F
Remote cc version:      DEC C V5.9-005 on Digital UNIX V4.0 (Rev. 1229)
Package:                coreutils-5.1.1
Configure environment:  CC=cc CXX=cxx LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib 
...
make[3]: Entering directory 
`/export/home/0023/build-alpha-osf1/coreutils-5.1.1/tests/touch'
out exp differ: char 10, line 1
1c1
< 2004-01-15T21:56:38
---
> 2004-01-16T04:56:38
FAIL: relative
...
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1 of 10 tests failed
Please report to address@hidden
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The same happened for these builds:

Configure environment:  CC=c89 CXX=cxx LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib 

Remote gcc version:     gcc (GCC) 3.3.2
Remote g++ version:     g++ (GCC) 3.3.2
Configure environment:  CC=gcc CXX=g++ LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib 

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