From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 00:52:03 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: tests: wc: protect against a hang on GNU/Hurd
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tests: wc: protect against a hang on GNU/Hurd

Reported by Bruno Haible in
<https://lists.gnu.org/r/coreutils/2025-11/msg00051.html>.

* tests/wc/wc-total.sh: Skip a test that would exhaust memory on
GNU/Hurd.
---

diff --git a/tests/wc/wc-total.sh b/tests/wc/wc-total.sh
index 1622962c5d..e62840c2cc 100755
--- a/tests/wc/wc-total.sh
+++ b/tests/wc/wc-total.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ compare exp out || fail=1
 wc --total=always 2b > out || fail=1
 test "$(wc -l < out)" = 2 || fail=1
 
-if truncate -s 2E big; then
+# Skip this test on GNU/Hurd since it will exhaust memory there.
+if test "$(uname)" != GNU && truncate -s 2E big; then
   if test "$UINTMAX_MAX" = '18446744073709551615'; then
     # Ensure overflow is diagnosed
     returns_ 1 wc --total=only -c big big big big big big big big \