Subject: Re: bug#23433: Timeout in grafts

From: Mark H Weaver <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 04 May 2016 13:32:43 -0400

Leo Famulari <[email-masked]> writes:

> On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 03:13:32PM +0200, Andreas Enge wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> when grafting texlive-texmf on my Novena, the build times out after an hour,
>> even when I add "--timeout=70000". This is even more annoying since the
>> package cannot be substituted any more.
>
> What about if you also set --max-silent-time=70000?

Right, you need this flag as well.

Also, you might consider cherry-picking commit
b79cf93ff6d1588adf4a606800ff381d4af4e052 from the
'wip-graft-improvements' branch, which speeds up grafting considerably.
I've been using it on my own systems for a few months.

      Mark