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23 * Autotest parallel testsuite support is still a work in progress.
24 There are known issues in job handling under dash and some ksh
25 variants, where a parallel testsuite can hang or cause a 100%
26 processor load. In the current release, the overall autoconf
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28 you have defined TEST_PARALLEL_AUTOTEST in the environment.
29 Meanwhile, Cygwin has known problems with named fifos that cause
30 failures when attempting parallel tests in an autotest suite. It is
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32 shell or platform limitations; help is appreciated in improving
33 parallel testsuite support.