From 512662fb30c448ee6564050cfe45e6b865c1f435 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:33:20 +0000
Subject: tests: avoid a false positive due to overflow on Linux/HPPA

* tests/misc/timeout-parameters: Verify that the timer doesn't
fire immediately in the problematic range, and avoid overflow
checks in that case.
* man/timeout.x: Mention the possible bug.

Reported by Bruno Haible
---
 man/timeout.x | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

(limited to 'man/timeout.x')

diff --git a/man/timeout.x b/man/timeout.x
index 19ebed38a..41b429547 100644
--- a/man/timeout.x
+++ b/man/timeout.x
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ timeout \- run a command with a time limit
 .\" Add any additional description here
 [SEE ALSO]
 kill(1)
+[BUGS]
+Some platforms don't curently support timeouts beyond 2038
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