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Larry Jones wrote:

> Laine Stump writes [quoting me]:
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, usleep() isn't portable.
> >
> > Okay, then how about nanosleep()?
>
> nanosleep() is even less portable.  (It's part of the POSIX real-time
> extensions.  I think usleep() is part of the base POSIX standard;
> sleep() definitely is and it's been in Unix "forever" so it's much more
> widely implemented.)

Well, it didn't seem very hard to do, so I had configure search for
nanosleep, usleep, and select in that order, then use them in the same
order of preference, falling back on sleep as a last resort.  It speeds up
'make check' noticeably.

Checked in.

Derek

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