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| * Autotest parallel testsuite support is still a work in progress. |
| There are known issues in job handling under dash and some ksh |
| variants, where a parallel testsuite can hang or cause a 100% |
| processor load. In the current release, the overall autoconf |
| testsuite only exercises parallel autotest under bash and zsh, or if |
| you have defined TEST_PARALLEL_AUTOTEST in the environment. |
| Meanwhile, Cygwin has known problems with named fifos that cause |
| failures when attempting parallel tests in an autotest suite. It is |
| possible that other difficulties will be encountered, whether with |
| shell or platform limitations; help is appreciated in improving |
| parallel testsuite support. |
