#1599: testsuite timeout doesn't kill subprocesses on Windows
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Reporter: simonmar | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.8
Component: Test Suite | Version: 6.6.1
Severity: normal | Keywords:
Difficulty: Unknown | Os: Windows
Testcase: | Architecture: x86
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The timeout program doesn't kill subprocesses on Windows, which means for
example that if GHCi hangs, timeout only kills ghc-inplace and not the GHC
binary itself. The hung GHC process prevents the build tree from being
removed, and stops future buildbots from running.
I just came across this Python code which allegedly does both timeout and
subprocess-killing on Windows:
[http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/blog/2006-12-11/killableprocesspy/]
This could be either used directly (it's Mozilla-licensed) or we could
adapt the idea for our timeout program.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1599>
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