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timeout --foreground html manual

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Message #11 received at 42831 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jonny Grant <jg <at> jguk.org>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 42831 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42831: timeout --foreground html manual
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 21:51:08 +0100

On 12/08/2020 18:44, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 12/08/2020 16:56, Jonny Grant wrote:
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/timeout-invocation.html#timeout-invocation
>>
>> I'd like to propose a clarification to this line:
>> "This is needed to support timing out commands not started directly from an interactive shell, in two situations."
>>
>> Proposal :-
>> "This is needed to support <code>timeout</code> commands not started directly from an interactive shell, in two situations."
> 
> Addressed with:
> https://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=v8.32-54-g5b8161ee4
> 
> thanks,
> Pádraig

Great, thank you for clarifying.

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