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Re: Module suggestion: timeout


From: Simon Josefsson
Subject: Re: Module suggestion: timeout
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 11:43:16 +0200
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Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen <marc.nieper+gnu@gmail.com> writes:

> Moreover, use cases for a baked-in timeout are not restricted to tests. For
> example, I may want to restrict the build time of certain components in
> situations where a logical error may lead to infinite build times (a simple
> example is that of a Scheme compiler used as a build tool; thanks to
> Turing-completeness of Scheme macros, such a build may not terminate).

This makes me believe even stronger that the functionality ought to be
provided by automake natively -- it seems the desired functionality is
not only timeouts for self-tests but timeouts for all operations.

Implementing this for self-tests in automake would probably be quite
simple, but implementing it for all operations is probably more
complicated.  Maybe it should be two separate features.  I have wanted
timeouts for self-tests but rarely for building.  If the second is more
complicated to implement, maybe starting with the first will be
sufficient and useful.

/Simon

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