2 files changed, 12 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/NPTest.pm b/NPTest.pm
index 2baed0b0..e04ebba3 100644
--- a/NPTest.pm
+++ b/NPTest.pm
@@ -627,12 +627,13 @@ sub only_output {
 }
 
 sub testCmd {
-        my $class = shift;
+        my $class   = shift;
         my $command = shift or die "No command passed to testCmd";
+        my $timeout = shift || 120;
         my $object = $class->new;
 
         local $SIG{'ALRM'} = sub { die("timeout in command: $command"); };
-        alarm(120); # no test should take longer than 120 seconds
+        alarm($timeout); # no test should take longer than 120 seconds
 
         my $output = `$command`;
         $object->return_code($? >> 8);
diff --git a/plugins/tests/check_http.t b/plugins/tests/check_http.t
index 2c89beb0..c40bb076 100755
--- a/plugins/tests/check_http.t
+++ b/plugins/tests/check_http.t
@@ -392,27 +392,21 @@ sub run_common_tests {
                 skip "This doesn't seems to work all the time", 1 unless ($ENV{HTTP_EXTERNAL});
                 $cmd = "$command -f follow -u /redir_external -t 5";
                 eval {
-                        local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "alarm\n" };
-                        alarm(2);
-                        $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
-                        alarm(0); };
-                is( $@, "alarm\n", $cmd );
+                        $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd, 2 );
+                };
+                like( $@, "/timeout in command: $cmd/", $cmd );
         }
 
         $cmd = "$command -u /timeout -t 5";
         eval {
-                local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "alarm\n" };
-                alarm(2);
-                $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
-                alarm(0); };
-        is( $@, "alarm\n", $cmd );
+                $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd, 2 );
+        };
+        like( $@, "/timeout in command: $cmd/", $cmd );
 
         $cmd = "$command -f follow -u /redir_timeout -t 2";
         eval {
-                local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "alarm\n" };
-                alarm(5);
-                $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd );
-                alarm(0); };
-        isnt( $@, "alarm\n", $cmd );
+                $result = NPTest->testCmd( $cmd, 5 );
+        };
+        is( $@, "", $cmd );
 
 }