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Fri Sep  7 10:34:54 IDT 2018
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I have a report that Alpine Linux uses BusyBox for its utilities. In
particular, the BusyBox ls does not have a -f option. This option is
needed in at least one of the tests.

Install coreutils on your Alpine Linux system:

	apk add coreutils

in order to get a fully POSIX-compliant ls.

Similarly, 'make diffout' fails because BusyBox diff doesn't accept
the -c option.  To get a working diff, use:

	apk add diffutils

Arnold Robbins
arnold@skeeve.com