[LTP] [PATCH v2 2/3] shell: Introduce TST_TIMEOUT variable

[Li Wang]

> > Here as well, why we need to distinguish the float and int, is the float
> > expression does not work for integer?
> Because it brings awk dependency on whole library, which I'm not sure if we
> want (awk is a must on linux distros, it's in busybox; it's missing on
> android
> toolsbox, but android project concentrates on syscalls, probably nobody
> uses
> shell tests on android). Also I'm not sure about containers, JeOS etc. (it
> sometimes miss a basic dependency).
> If awk dependency is ok, it'd simplify test a bit.


But it doesn't solve the dependency issue because, if the awk is missing,
it will still tst_brk on float $LTP_TIMEOUT_MUL at:
    tst_test_cmds awk
and never goes to the integer expression branch.

So, maybe that could be as a reason to disable float support for
$LTP_TIMEOUT_MUL?

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Regards,
Li Wang
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