Change log for timelimit, the process time limit tool
1.9.2 2021/05/16
- happy 20th birthday, timelimit!
- fix a bug with propagating a SIGKILL or SIGSTOP signal on
at least some Linux/glibc systems
1.9.1 (withdrawn)
1.9.0 2018/04/14
- add the --features command-line option that always lists
the "timelimit" feature (with the program version) and also
lists the "subsecond" feature (version 1.0) if available
- slightly change the format of the usage error message
- drop an unused preprocessor conditional
- mark some function parameters as used when some platform
features are not present
- autodetect platform features instead of specifying them in
the Makefile
- define _POSIX_C_SOURCE and _XOPEN_SOURCE by default
- use the FSF TAP shell library
- add the build-and-test-all tool to, well, test builds with
and without the options supported on the current platform
1.8.2 2017/11/20
- allow the install(1) invocations to be overridden
1.8.1 2016/04/15
- remove the $Ringlet tags from the source files [roam]
- install the tests as documentation examples [roam]
- use the C99 bool type [roam]
- use the C99 const keyword and in-place variable declarations [roam]
1.8 2011/04/13
- getopt() returns -1 on error, not EOF [roam]
- add a simple test suite compatible with Perl's TAP framework [roam]
- add the ability to specify signals by name and the -l
command-line option to list the available signal names. [roam]
Debian: #621775, suggested by [mats]
1.7 2010/09/30
- implement microsecond wait time precision using setitimer(2)
Debian: #597824, reported by [tomaszn]
- report the actual error condition if the waitpid() call fails [roam]
- do not allow SIGCHLD to interrupt waitpid() after the kill [roam]
- remove the warn() function that is never used even on platforms
that lack the err(3) family of functions [tomaszn]
- remove the cvs_id string
1.6 2010/06/26
- rename the ChangeLog to NEWS, since that's what it is [roam]
- honor CPPFLAGS [roam]
1.5 2009/10/30
- add the '__dead2' definition for no-return functions
- add the '-p' flag to propagate information about the child
process being terminated by a signal [teddy, roam]
1.4 2008/11/12
- correct options parsing on GNU systems - do not let timelimit
grab the option arguments passed to the executed program
Debian: #505140, reported by John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org>
1.3 2008/09/03
- fix the $Ringlet VCS keyword in the source files [roam]
1.2 2008/08/22
- return the child process exit code instead of always exiting
with 0 [cberg, roam]
- define _GNU_SOURCE to properly use the Linux header files [roam]
1.1 2007/12/07
- move the manual page from section 8 to section 1 [mario]
1.0 2007/11/28
- add an 'install' target to the Makefile [roam]
- build and install the gzipped manual page, too [roam]
- remove the TARGETS file that was never used as intended [roam]
- break the web-visible documentation out of the source tree [roam]
- add a two-clause BSD copyright to all files [roam]
- style fixes to the manual page [roam]
- attempt to create the installation directories [roam]
1.0pre3 2001/06/09
- actually add the -q flag to the getopt() arguments (ARGH!) [roam]
- use envopts[] for time/sig variable setting (both env and cmdline)
[roam]
- warn when no time/sig arguments specified, as suggested by alpha
[roam]
- silence a few gcc warnings [roam]
- removed CC, CFLAGS initial settings from Makefile [alpha]
1.0pre2 2001/05/21
- added the '-q' flag to not output messages about signals sent
to the child process [roam]
- changed the execv() call to execvp(), so PATH is searched for
the specified command, as suggested by alpha [roam]
- changed the default compiler to gcc, as suggested by alpha [roam]
- added timelimit.8 manpage [roam/alpha]
- added killtime/warntime/killsig/warnsig defaults [alpha]
1.0pre1 2001/05/16
- first rolled-together prerelease.
Name tags:
roam Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
alpha Karsten W Rohrbach <karsten@rohrbach.de>
mario Mario Iseli <mario@debian.org>
cberg Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>
teddy Teddy Hogeborn <teddy@fukt.bsnet.se>
tomaszn Tomasz Nowak <nowak2000@poczta.onet.pl>
mats Mats Erik Andersson <mats.andersson@gisladisker.se>
Comments: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
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