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

[Jim Meyering]

Gerard Beekmans <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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?

Thanks for reporting that.
It is fixed in the next test release
which should appear Real Soon Now.