From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:04:57 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: tests: tail/overlay-headers.sh: protect against hang
X-Git-Tag: v9.8~23
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4ca51b101358f7dbd6b38564cfd6eee9937b2b2f;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

tests: tail/overlay-headers.sh: protect against hang

* tests/tail/overlay-headers.sh: Protect tail invocation with timeout,
and extend the possible running period to 60 seconds like other tests.
Reported by Brudno Haible on T2SDE Linux/alpha
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diff --git a/tests/tail/overlay-headers.sh b/tests/tail/overlay-headers.sh
index 448251b225..7b61cbcf86 100755
--- a/tests/tail/overlay-headers.sh
+++ b/tests/tail/overlay-headers.sh
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ echo start > file1 || framework_failure_
 echo start > file2 || framework_failure_
 
 # Use this as a way to gracefully terminate tail
-env sleep 20 & sleep=$!
+env sleep 60 & sleep=$!
 
-tail $fastpoll --pid=$sleep -f file1 file2 > out & pid=$!
+timeout 60 tail $fastpoll --pid=$sleep -f file1 file2 > out & pid=$!
 
 kill -0 $pid || fail=1