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

Karl Berry wrote:
>    This patch is conservative; IMO safe for a 1.17 release.
> 
> I like the idea of a conservative patch, for sure. I see that what
> you're doing here is simply omitting the 1 second trial for the sake of
> saving that time, in exchange for accepting a 2s delay in the Automake
> tests on 1s filesystems.

Yep.

> I installed your first patch.

Thanks!