swig_flags=Split('-c++ -python -modern -templatereduce $_CPPINCFLAGS')
main.Append(SWIGFLAGS=swig_flags)
-# Check for 'timeout' from GNU coreutils. If present, regressions
-# will be run with a time limit.
-TIMEOUT_version = readCommand(['timeout', '--version'], exception=False)
-main['TIMEOUT'] = TIMEOUT_version and TIMEOUT_version.find('timeout') == 0
+# Check for 'timeout' from GNU coreutils. If present, regressions will
+# be run with a time limit. We require version 8.13 since we rely on
+# support for the '--foreground' option.
+timeout_lines = readCommand(['timeout', '--version'],
+ exception='').splitlines()
+# Get the first line and tokenize it
+timeout_version = timeout_lines[0].split() if timeout_lines else []
+main['TIMEOUT'] = timeout_version and \
+ compareVersions(timeout_version[-1], '8.13') >= 0
# filter out all existing swig scanners, they mess up the dependency
# stuff for some reason
# The slowest regression (bzip2) requires ~2.8 hours;
# 4 hours was chosen to be conservative.
elif env['TIMEOUT']:
- cmd = 'timeout 4h %s' % cmd
+ cmd = 'timeout --foreground 4h %s' % cmd
# Create a default value for the status string, changed as needed
# based on the status.