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Re: The relative timeout in linuxthreads
On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 04:01:10PM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> "H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
>
> > Since pthread waits in the absolute time, that pthread won't time out
> > until 2020 :-).
>
> And deservedly so. If you rely on clocks you better make sure they
> are running correctly.
That is why I asked, how could a thread time out in 30 seconds?
H.J.