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The alarm() test failure is caused by system() apparently blocking
alarm(). That is probably a libc bug, and given that SunOS 4.x
has been end-of-lifed years ago, don't hold your breath for a fix.
-In addition to that, don't try anything Unicodey, and you should be fine.
+In addition to that, don't try anything too Unicode-y, especially
+with Encode, and you should be fine in SunOS 4.x.
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