--- untouched_coreutils/coreutils-8.28/tests/split/r-chunk.sh	2017-09-01 00:11:03.000000000 -0700
+++ coreutils-8.28/tests/split/r-chunk.sh	2018-12-11 16:56:28.007835574 -0800
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ print_ver_ split
 
 # N can be greater than the file size
 # in which case no data is extracted, or empty files are written
-split -n r/10 /dev/null || fail=1
+touch empty_file.txt
+split -n r/10 empty_file.txt || fail=1
 test "$(stat -c %s x* | uniq -c | sed 's/^ *//; s/ /x/')" = "10x0" || fail=1
 rm x??
 
 # Ensure --elide-empty-files is honored
-split -e -n r/10 /dev/null || fail=1
+split -e -n r/10 empty_file.txt || fail=1
 stat x?? 2>/dev/null && fail=1
 
 printf '1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n' > in || framework_failure_