Retract #14985, #14899, and #14990, following the principles

[perl5.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ead401a..9568cda 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1925,6 +1925,15 @@ things like:  exec, `backquoted command`, system, open("|...") or
 open("...|").  All these mean that Perl is trying to run some
 external program.
 
+=item Timing problems
+
+Several tests in the test suite check timing functions, such as
+sleep(), and see if they return in a reasonable amount of time.
+If your system is quite busy and doesn't return quickly enough,
+these tests might fail.  If possible, try running the tests again with
+the system under a lighter load.  These tests include F<t/op/alarm.t>,
+F<ext/Time/HiRes/HiRes.t>, and F<lib/Benchmark.t>.
+
 =item Out of memory
 
 On some systems, particularly those with smaller amounts of RAM, some