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Re: PING: [Ada] Run ACATS tests through an expect script
Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:
> * Laurent GUERBY:
>
>> Andreas on ia64 is using the following Bourne Shell magic
>> to kill runaway tests.
>
> But the shell won't send SIGKILL to its child processes when it dies,
> I think. This means that not all possible hangs are taken care of.
> (Testing continues, though, the hanging test is just not killed and
> has to be terminated manually.)
That's right, it's just a band aid to avoid hanging completely.
Andreas.
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