diff --git a/src/fs/fspropcalc.cpp b/src/fs/fspropcalc.cpp
index dca9572..9f35e95 100644
--- a/src/fs/fspropcalc.cpp
+++ b/src/fs/fspropcalc.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,15 @@ bool cFSPropCalc::GetSymLinkStr(const TSTRING& strName, cArchive& arch, size_t s
 #endif
 
     if(rtn == -1)
+    {
+        // Some OSes (like HP-UX) return ERANGE if buffer is too small.
+        // This is nonstandard but better than the usual truncate-and-say-you-succeeded
+        //
+        if(ERANGE == errno)
+	    return GetSymLinkStr(strName, arch, size*2);
+
         return false;
+    }
 
     //Sadly if buf isn't big enough readlink 'succeeds' by truncating the string, so the only
     // clue your buffer might be too small is if you maxed it out.  So we try again, within reason.
diff --git a/src/test-harness/tests/crc32.pm b/src/test-harness/tests/crc32.pm
index c4bf82d..764eccf 100644
--- a/src/test-harness/tests/crc32.pm
+++ b/src/test-harness/tests/crc32.pm
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ sub run() {
     printf("%-30s", "-- $description");
 
     # lets see if the system 'cksum' agree's with siggen's crc32 value
+    # Doing split with ' ' instead of / / because some flavors of cksum
+    # like to separate fields with tabs, as seen on Solaris 10.
     #
-    my ($crc32, undef) = split(/ /, `cksum $twtools::twrootdir/test`);
+    my ($crc32, undef) = split(' ', `cksum $twtools::twrootdir/test`);
 
     if ($crc32 eq "") {
         ++$twtools::twskippedtests;