--- perl-5.8.8/ext/Time/HiRes/t/HiRes.t~	2005-12-17 20:20:26.000000000 +0100
+++ perl-5.8.8/ext/Time/HiRes/t/HiRes.t	2007-02-11 00:06:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 my $have_alarm = $Config{d_alarm};
 my $have_fork  = $Config{d_fork};
-my $waitfor = 60; # 10-20 seconds is normal (load affects this).
+my $waitfor = 150; # 10-20 seconds is normal (load affects this).
 my $timer_pid;
 my $TheEnd;
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 # completes fine with (say) 30% slosh, and fail otherwise.  If you do that,
 # consider changing over to test.pl at the same time.
 # --A.D., Nov 27, 2001
-my $limit = 0.20; # 20% is acceptable slosh for testing timers
+my $limit = 0.50; # 50% is acceptable slosh for testing timers
 
 sub skip {
     map { print "ok $_ # skipped\n" } @_;