Subject: bug#32521: coreutils timeout in a bash script not transparent for the application

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 00:08:11 -0700

Rafal Jankowski wrote:
> If it's not too much effort could you please briefly explain or point to 
> existing documentation what kind of mechanism can cause any kind of misbehaviour 
> for the application?

Sorry, don't know. You'll have to look at the source code, I expect. Or try 
running 'strace -f' for hints.