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tests: avoid a false positive due to overflow on Linux/HPPA

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* 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
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Pádraig Brady
2012-01-04 23:33:20 +00:00
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@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ timeout \- run a command with a time limit
.\" Add any additional description here
[SEE ALSO]
kill(1)
[BUGS]
Some platforms don't curently support timeouts beyond 2038