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| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/offload.scm | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/offload.scm b/guix/scripts/offload.scm index a5dcffd51d..6366556647 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/offload.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/offload.scm @@ -197,8 +197,10 @@ can interpret meaningfully." private key from '~a': ~a") file str))))) -(define* (open-ssh-session machine #:optional (max-silent-time -1)) - "Open an SSH session for MACHINE and return it. Throw an error on failure." +(define* (open-ssh-session machine #:optional max-silent-time) + "Open an SSH session for MACHINE and return it. Throw an error on failure. +When MAX-SILENT-TIME is true, it must be a positive integer denoting the +number of seconds after which the connection times out." (let ((private (private-key-from-file* (build-machine-private-key machine))) (public (public-key-from-file (string-append (build-machine-private-key machine) @@ -235,9 +237,10 @@ private key from '~a': ~a") (leave (G_ "SSH public key authentication failed for '~a': ~a~%") (build-machine-name machine) (get-error session)))) - ;; From then on use MAX-SILENT-TIME as the absolute timeout when - ;; reading from or write to a channel for this session. - (session-set! session 'timeout max-silent-time) + (when max-silent-time + ;; From then on use MAX-SILENT-TIME as the absolute timeout when + ;; reading from or write to a channel for this session. + (session-set! session 'timeout max-silent-time)) session) (x |