configure test "working C stack overflow detection" seems to loop

[Gerard Beekmans]

Hi guys,

I tried out coreutils-4.5.7 and noticed a problem with the "C stack
overflow detection" check performed by the configure script.

It seems to loop infinitely until it gets killed by the kernel. The test
runs for a few minute in which is consumed 512 MB RAM and 128 MB swap. It
then gets killed by the kernel and that's the end of that. I doubt it is
intended like this?

I have no fix for this as of yet. For your convenience I have attached a
file stackoverflow.c which is a straight copy & paste from the configure
script. Compiling and running the program outside of the configure
environment has the exact same symptoms.

Please let me know if I can assist with debugging in case it's not
reproducible.

Relevant system information:
        GCC-3.2.1
        Glibc-2.3.1
        Binutils-2.13.1

PS: any target release date for a first public release?

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Gerard Beekmans
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