tests: avoid a false positive due to overflow on Linux/HPPA
authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:33:20 +0000 (23:33 +0000)
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Thu, 5 Jan 2012 15:12:16 +0000 (15:12 +0000)
commit512662fb30c448ee6564050cfe45e6b865c1f435
tree5c3bca6b60770e28cc615a1a3235d6268276f4bb
parent101a30a2a0f726ad0d4c4541b4e77eab3a1b7aa7
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
tests/misc/timeout-parameters