timeout package's timeout command not exiting with the exit status of the command it ran
 

Hi,

Timeout package's timeout command not exiting with the exit status of
the command it ran.

The relevant code in tct-1.11/src/misc/timeout.c is:

>
> while ((pid = wait(&status)) != -1 && pid != child_pid)
> /* void */ ;
> return (pid == child_pid ? status : -1);
It should actually be:

> while ((pid = wait(&status)) != -1 && pid != child_pid)
> /* void */ ;
> return (pid == child_pid ? status>>8: -1);
Since the lower 8 bits give the signal received by the child, they
aren't needed.

I'd be thankful if some one could fix this and update the ubuntu package :)

cheers,
skar.

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