Re: 1.16.90 regression: configure now takes 7 seconds to start

    > Any other ideas?
    A horrible one: 

:)

    split the test so it can be performed in parallel with 
    others -- upper half starts the sleep in the background, lower half 
    waits for it to complete.

No thanks. I can't even begin to imagine the portability and edge case
problems that would result :). -k