make-3.76.1 was the culprit.
Compiled make-3.79.1 and used that, everything spiffy.
fileutils-4.1.7 passed all tests in its test suite (make check-root,
make check, both with the "EXPENSIVE" tests enabled) except chown symlink (root only here).
gcc-2.91.66, -O2 -mcpu=i486 -march=i486 -fomit-frame-pointer
Regards,
Clayton Weaver
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"Everyone is ignorant, just about different things." Will Rogers