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-rwxr-xr-xetc/guix-install.sh4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/etc/guix-install.sh b/etc/guix-install.sh
index 3604c71ed6..3fad9deb1f 100755
--- a/etc/guix-install.sh
+++ b/etc/guix-install.sh
@@ -141,8 +141,10 @@ chk_gpg_keyring()
if prompt_yes_no "${INF}The following OpenPGP public key is \
required to verify the Guix binary signature: $gpg_key_id.
Would you like me to fetch it for you?"; then
+ # Use a reasonable time-out here so users don't report silent
+ # ‘freezes’ when Savannah goes out to lunch, as has happened.
wget "https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=$user_id" \
- --no-verbose -O- | gpg --import -
+ --timeout=30 --no-verbose -O- | gpg --import -
else
_err "${ERR}Missing OpenPGP public key ($gpg_key_id).
Fetch it with this command: