diff --git a/lib/libc/tests/stdlib/assert.c b/lib/libc/tests/stdlib/assert.c
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+/*
+ * This (indirectly) tests that raise(3) (through abort(3)) is implemented
+ * and does not require a backward linking reference.
+ *
+ * $Id: assert.c,v 1.1 1997/09/21 17:46:05 gdr Exp $
+ *
+ * Devin Reade, 1997
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv) {
+	int i = 1;
+
+	assert(i == 0);
+	return 1;
+}