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2012-01-01maint: update all copyright year number rangesJim Meyering
Run "make update-copyright".
2011-11-03tests: avoid signal issues in timeout-groupPádraig Brady
These issues were seen on an OpenSuse 10.3 system (kernel 2.6.22.5 x86_64, glibc 2.6.1-18, bash updated to 4.2), and also on a 64 bit SLES system with a 2.6.16 kernel. Both systems had 2 CPUs. There were two issues seen. 1. Occasionally the timeout.cmd shell script would block SIGINT until the sleep command exited. 2. Much less frequently the signal handler in the timeout command itself was ignored, causing SIGALRM to kill the process. * tests/misc/timeout-group: Detect the above two cases, and skip rather than fail. Note only issue 2. causes a failure unless skipped, but we skip for case 1. also, for diagnostic purposes.
2011-11-03tests: fix a race in timeout-groupPádraig Brady
This could cause a false failure, or even an infinite loop in rare circumstances. * tests/misc/timeout-group: Increase the timeouts passed to the timeout command, so that they're effectively not used. Instead the command termination is triggered by the kill commands when everything is in the correct state. Reported by Bernhard Voelker.
2011-07-08timeout: support cascaded timeoutsPádraig Brady
* src/timeout.c (cleanup): Send signals directly to the child in case it has started its own process group (like a cascaded timeout command would for example). * test/misc/timeout-group: Add a test case. * NEWS: Mention the fix.
2011-07-08timeout: add --foreground to support interactive commandsPádraig Brady
Or more accurately, commands not started from the shell prompt, that are interactive, or need to receive Ctrl-C etc. from the terminal. * doc/coreutils.texi (timeout invocation): Document --foreground. * src/timeout.c (main): Set the foreground flag and don't create a separate group. (cleanup): Only send a signal directly to the monitored command when the foreground flag is set. (usage): Describe --foreground. * tests/misc/timeout-group: Add a new test. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference new test. NEWS: Mention the new option. Reported by Shay Shimony Analysis by Alan Curry Fix suggested by Paul Eggert