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author	Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
	Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:44:19 +0000 (14:44 +0100)
committer	Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
	Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:44:19 +0000 (14:44 +0100)
commit	58b430827fb4ed30ff46e252664dfcf1b15dd869
tree	79a5bf4f6113116bbc7cc97a5a2cb55e6a01976b	tree \| snapshot
parent	c5ed60bed17363e55508026876f8fc59a67d8c9c	commit \| diff

Rename `timeout' to `mtimeout' to prevent conflict with GNU Coreutils.

The Coreutils version is broken: it places itself in a new process group
and its child inherits the new process group (though this isn't
documented anywhere). This stops interactive signals from working
properly.

Makefile.am		diff \| blob \| blame \| history
debian/control		diff \| blob \| blame \| history
debian/inst		diff \| blob \| blame \| history
mtimeout.1	[moved from timeout.1 with 92% similarity]	diff \| blob \| blame \| history
mtimeout.c	[moved from timeout.c with 100% similarity]	blob \| blame \| history

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