Work around a bug in both the Linux and SunOS 64-bit kernels:

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+2006-08-30  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
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+       Work around a bug in both the Linux and SunOS 64-bit kernels:
+       nanosleep mishandles sleeps for longer than 2**31 seconds.
+       Problem reported by Frank v Waveren in
+       <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-08/msg00298.html>.
+       * nanosleep.m4 (gl_FUNC_NANOSLEEP): Require gl_CLOCK_TIME.
+       Check for nanosleep bug.
+       (LIB_NANOSLEEP): Append clock_gettime library if needed.
+
 2006-08-29  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * isapipe.m4: New file.