On 10/11/10 18:20, Matthew Bachmann wrote:
> Existing stuff:
>
> m...@ita1bbx40,d1r17733u07 | strace -e nanosleep sleep 9999999999
> nanosleep({9999999999, 0}, NULL) = 0
> m...@ita1bbx40,d1r17733u07 | rpm -qa | grep coreutils
> policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.2.el5
> coreutils-5.97-19.el5
>
> With download you pointed me at:
>
> m...@ita1bbx40,d1r17733u07 | strace -e nanosleep src/sleep 9999999999
> nanosleep({4233600, 0}, <unfinished ...>
> m...@ita1bbx40,d1r17733u07 |
>
> I ctrl-c'ed it because it appeared to be actually sleeping instead of
> returning immediately. So yeah, it looks like it works fine with newer stuff.
Right, that confirms that it's sleeping for 49 days at a time.
I.E. the existing immediately detectable workaround is in place.
cheers,
Pádraig.
