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-This file documents why some GNU tests are failing:
-* cp/cp-a-selinux.sh
-* cp/preserve-gid.sh
-* date/date-debug.sh
-* date/date.pl
-* dd/no-allocate.sh
-* dd/nocache_eof.sh
-* dd/skip-seek-past-file.sh - https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/7216
-* dd/stderr.sh
-* tests/df/no-mtab-status.sh - https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9760
-* fmt/non-space.sh
-* help/help-version-getopt.sh
-* help/help-version.sh
-* ls/ls-misc.pl
-* ls/stat-free-symlinks.sh
-* misc/close-stdout.sh
-* numfmt/numfmt.pl - https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/7219 / https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/7221
-* misc/stdbuf.sh - https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/7072
-* misc/write-errors.sh
-* ptx/ptx-overrun.sh
-* ptx/ptx.pl
-* rm/one-file-system.sh - https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/7011
-* rm/rm1.sh - https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9479
-* sort/sort-debug-warn.sh
-* sort/sort-float.sh
-* sort/sort-h-thousands-sep.sh
-* sort/sort-merge-fdlimit.sh
-* sort/sort-month.sh
-* sort/sort.pl
-* tac/tac-2-nonseekable.sh
-* tail/end-of-device.sh
-* tail/follow-stdin.sh
-* tail/inotify-rotate-resources.sh
-* tail/symlink.sh
-* stty/stty-row-col.sh
-* stty/stty.sh
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-<!-- spell-checker:ignore epipe readdir restorecon SIGALRM capget bigtime rootfs enotsup -->
-= skipped test: breakpoint not hit =
-* tests/tail-2/inotify-race2.sh
-* tail-2/inotify-race.sh
-
-= internal test failure: maybe LD_PRELOAD doesn't work? =
-* tests/rm/rm-readdir-fail.sh
-* tests/rm/r-root.sh
-* tests/df/skip-duplicates.sh
-
-= LD_PRELOAD was ineffective? =
-* tests/cp/nfs-removal-race.sh
-
-= this system lacks SMACK support =
-* tests/mkdir/smack-root.sh
-* tests/mkdir/smack-no-root.sh
-* tests/id/smack.sh
-
-= timeout returned 142. SIGALRM not handled? =
-* tests/misc/timeout-group.sh
-
-= The Swedish locale with blank thousands separator is unavailable. =
-* tests/misc/sort-h-thousands-sep.sh
-
-= not running on GNU/Hurd =
-* tests/id/gnu-zero-uids.sh
-
-= no rootfs in mtab =
-* tests/df/skip-rootfs.sh
-
-= Disabled. Enabled at GNU coreutils > 9.9 =
-* tests/misc/tac-continue.sh