Adding a timeout to fact retrieval, fixing #56.

The timeout is currently 0.5 seconds, which should generally
be enough time.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/spec/unit/util/fact.rb b/spec/unit/util/fact.rb
index 1652032..cee70b9 100755
--- a/spec/unit/util/fact.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/util/fact.rb
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ describe Facter::Util::Fact do
 
             @fact.value.should be_nil
         end
+
+        it "should timeout after 0.5 seconds" do
+            @fact.expects(:warn)
+            @fact.add { setcode { sleep 2; raise "This is a test" } }
+
+            @fact.value.should be_nil
+        end
     end
 
     it "should have a method for flushing the cached fact" do