Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/JobOps.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/JobOps.c	(revision 36623)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/JobOps.c	(revision 39457)
@@ -208,4 +208,5 @@
 
 IDtype AddJob (char *hostname, JobMode mode, int timeout, int nicelevel, int argc, char **argv, int Nxhosts, char **xhosts) {
+  OHANA_UNUSED_PARAM(timeout);
 
   int JobID;
@@ -215,8 +216,9 @@
 
   job[0].JobID    = NextJobID();
-  if (job[0].JobID < 0) {
-    free (job);
-    return -1;
-  }
+  // XXX this test does not make sense
+  // if (job[0].JobID < 0) {
+  //   free (job);
+  //   return -1;
+  // }
 
   job[0].argc     = argc;
