Roger timeout was not in the coreutils v7.4 package on ubuntu 10.4 lts, and is not in the lucid updates packages either. it looks like it was added in the coreutils v8.5 package in the maverick release.
-Jake On Jan 9, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Roger Meier wrote: > Dear Build Server Admins > > It seems, that timeout, which is usually a part of coreutils is not > installed on ubuntu slaves. > See > https://builds.apache.org/view/S-Z/view/Thrift/job/Thrift-env-test/51/consol > e > + timeout --help > /tmp/hudson2282423010928912968.sh: line 11: timeout: command not found > Build step 'Execute shell' marked build as failure > Finished: FAILURE > > Or > https://builds.apache.org/view/S-Z/view/Thrift/job/Thrift/lastSuccessfulBuil > d/artifact/thrift/test/test.log > > Any idea? > > -roger >