The following commit managed to not actually add the --foreground option to the timeout command, just test for it. Add it this time. commit 681488877456b83f039dc518861f29ab4e1857f0 Author: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com&gt; Date: Thu Dec 19 08:21:53 2013 +0000 run: Use timeout --foreground option. If timeout doesn't have this option (RHEL 6) don't use timeout at all. Attempt to fix RHBZ#1025269. --- run.in | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/run.in b/run.in index d4b13fe..93c50d2 100755 --- a/run.in +++ b/run.in @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ if timeout --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then if timeout --foreground 2 sleep 0 >/dev/null 2>&1; then # Does this version of timeout have the -k option? (Not on RHEL 6) if timeout -k 10s 10s true >/dev/null 2>&1; then - timeout="timeout -k $timeout_kill $timeout_period" + timeout="timeout --foreground -k $timeout_kill $timeout_period" fi fi fi -- 1.8.4.2