Re: tests: avoid a spurious timeout on a heavily-loaded system

2009-11-13 Thread Jim Meyering
Pádraig Brady wrote: > I think the last check in timeout-parameters needs > the same treatment? > > tests: avoid a spurious failure on a loaded system > > * tests/misc/timeout-parameters: This test would fail due to > the 1-second timeout expiring before a command of "no_such" > cou

Re: tests: avoid a spurious timeout on a heavily-loaded system

2009-11-13 Thread Pádraig Brady
I think the last check in timeout-parameters needs the same treatment? cheers, Pádraig. commit 05327326c6f66650c685e26b777140782d300233 Author: Pádraig Brady Date: Fri Nov 13 22:52:14 2009 + tests: avoid a spurious failure on a loaded system * tests/misc/timeout-parameters: This

Re: tests: avoid a spurious timeout on a heavily-loaded system

2009-11-13 Thread Jim Meyering
Eric Blake wrote: > According to Jim Meyering on 11/13/2009 8:41 AM: >> - the second to avoid compilation failure on rawhide, presumably >> due to its newer header files. > > More likely, due to a cygwin bug for exposing SIZE_MAX without requiring > . Newer Linux is better about keeping he

Re: tests: avoid a spurious timeout on a heavily-loaded system

2009-11-13 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Jim Meyering on 11/13/2009 8:41 AM: > - the second to avoid compilation failure on rawhide, presumably > due to its newer header files. More likely, due to a cygwin bug for exposing SIZE_MAX without requiring . Newer Linux is bet