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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.


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