From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 06:15:37 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: tests: tail: avoid a test failure on GNU/Hurd
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tests: tail: avoid a test failure on GNU/Hurd

* tests/tail/tail-c.sh: Allow 'tail -c 4096 /dev/urandom' to run forever
on GNU/Hurd since lseek fails with ESPIPE.
---

diff --git a/tests/tail/tail-c.sh b/tests/tail/tail-c.sh
index 9672b9fb62..23cef1ce8a 100755
--- a/tests/tail/tail-c.sh
+++ b/tests/tail/tail-c.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ if test -r /dev/urandom; then
               [12].*) ;;  # Older Linux versions timeout
               *) fail=1 ;;
             esac ;;
-          *) fail=1 ;;
+             # GNU/Hurd cannot seek on /dev/urandom.
+          *) test "$(uname)" = GNU || fail=1 ;;
         esac ;;
   esac
 fi