cvs hang bug with 'make check' cvs-1.11.2 sun spars sunos 5.2

[Jeff Deifik]

I configure and build cvs without incident.
When running 'make check', I get the following:

Making check in lib
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jdeifik/gnu/cvs-1.11.2/lib'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jdeifik/gnu/cvs-1.11.2/lib'
Making check in zlib
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jdeifik/gnu/cvs-1.11.2/zlib'
hello world
uncompress(): hello, hello!
gzread(): hello, hello!
gzgets() after gzseek: hello!
inflate(): hello, hello!
large_inflate(): OK
after inflateSync(): hello, hello!
inflate with dictionary: hello, hello!
                *** zlib test OK ***
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jdeifik/gnu/cvs-1.11.2/zlib'
Making check in diff
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jdeifik/gnu/cvs-1.11.2/diff'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jdeifik/gnu/cvs-1.11.2/diff'
Making check in src
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jdeifik/gnu/cvs-1.11.2/src'
make  check-local
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/jdeifik/gnu/cvs-1.11.2/src'
/bin/sh ./sanity.sh `pwd`/cvs
This test should produce no other output than this line, and a final "OK".

The 'make check' hangs at this point. I have waited over 30 minutes.
If I run it as '/bin/sh -vx ./sanity.sh `pwd`/cvs, I get
...
dotest 1 "${testcvs} init" ''
+ dotest 1 /home/jdeifik/gnu/cvs-1.11.2/src/cvs init
+ rm -f /tmp/cvs-sanity/dotest.ex?
+ eval /home/jdeifik/gnu/cvs-1.11.2/src/cvs init
status=0
+ test 0 != 0
+ dotest_internal 1 /home/jdeifik/gnu/cvs-1.11.2/src/cvs init
+ cat /tmp/cvs-sanity/dotest.tmp
+ expr + /home/jdeifik/gnu/cvs-1.11.2/src/cvs init  : \'
+ test -z
+ test ! -s /tmp/cvs-sanity/dotest.tmp
+ test x != x
+ echo ** expected:
+ echo
+ echo
+ echo ** got:
+ cat /tmp/cvs-sanity/dotest.tmp
+ fail 1
+ echo FAIL: 1
+ tee -a /home/jdeifik/gnu/cvs-1.11.2/src/check.log
FAIL: 1
+ exit 1

        thanks,
        jeff deifik, jet propulsion lab