Re: make check(s) pre-release problems

[Karl Berry]

    No errors on RHEL7+autoconf2.71

Puzzling. Can you easily try RHEL8 or one of its derivatives?
It surprises me that that is the culprit, but it seems possible.

I'm using autoconf-2.71, make-4.3, etc., compiled from source, but am
using the OS-provided coreutils. I think I'll try compiling that from
source.

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and help. -k