GNU bug report logs - #23537
timeout test gets false-positive for duration of -1.189731495357231765e+4932

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 17:10:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com>
Cc: 23537 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23537: timeout test gets false-positive for duration of -1.189731495357231765e+4932
Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 08:06:57 -0700

On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 4:21 AM, Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com> wrote:
> Has up to date centos6 the bug?
> I didn't see it with glibc-2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.x86_64

Yes. I am surprised that you don't see it and I do:

  $ rpm -q glibc
  glibc-2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.x86_64
  $ src/timeout 0.1 sleep 1.189731495357231765e+4932; echo $?
  0
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