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diff --git a/tests/ChangeLog b/tests/ChangeLog index 93a9e3b..6e53dc7 100644 --- a/tests/ChangeLog +++ b/tests/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,23 @@ +2007-07-13 Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> + + Install a timeout so tests can never loop infinitely. + Original idea and patch for a single-test version provided by + Icarus Sparry <savannah@icarus.freeuk.com> + + * test_driver.pl (_run_command): New function: this is called by + other functions to actually run a command. Before we run it, + install a SIGALRM handler and set up a timer to go off in the + future (default is 5s; this can be overridden by individual tests). + (run_command): Call it. + (run_command_with_output): Call it. + + * run_make_tests.pl (run_make_with_options): Override the default + timeout if the caller requests it. + (run_make_test): Pass any timeout override to run_make_with_options. + + * scripts/features/parallelism: Increase the timeout for long tests. + * scripts/options/dash-l: Ditto. + 2006-10-01 Paul Smith <psmith@paulandlesley.org> * run_make_tests.pl (set_more_defaults): Remove setting of LANG in |