Re: [PATCH] timeout: support sub-second timeouts on macOS

On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 1:26 PM Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 08/11/2020 18:52, Jim Meyering wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 2:08 PM Pádraig Brady wrote: > >> * m4/jm-macros.m4: Check for setitimer. > >> * src/timeout.c: Use setitimer if timer_settime is not available. > >> * NEWS: Mention the impro

Re: [PATCH] timeout: support sub-second timeouts on macOS

On 08/11/2020 18:52, Jim Meyering wrote: On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 2:08 PM Pádraig Brady wrote: * m4/jm-macros.m4: Check for setitimer. * src/timeout.c: Use setitimer if timer_settime is not available. * NEWS: Mention the improvement. Thanks! The patch looks fine and I confirmed it works. I enc

Re: [PATCH] timeout: support sub-second timeouts on macOS

On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 2:08 PM Pádraig Brady wrote: > * m4/jm-macros.m4: Check for setitimer. > * src/timeout.c: Use setitimer if timer_settime is not available. > * NEWS: Mention the improvement. Thanks! The patch looks fine and I confirmed it works. I encountered a few hurdles to make everythi

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