Re: [Chicken-janitors] #13: chicken-install fails with TCP connect timeout

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#13: chicken-install fails with TCP connect timeout
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  Reporter:  iraikov     |       Owner:  felix      
      Type:  defect      |      Status:  reopened   
  Priority:  critical    |   Milestone:  4.7.0      
 Component:  core tools  |     Version:  4.6.x      
Resolution:              |    Keywords:  tcp timeout
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Comment(by felix):

 Replying to [comment:10 iraikov]:
 > Yes, increasing the timeout to from 20 to 30 seconds helps with this
 particular egg. However, shouldn't there be a more robust download
 procedure that first determines if the egg exists on the particular
 server, then
 > tries to fetch it using increasing timeout values?
 >

 To test for the egg being existant, we have to connect, which may timeout.
 I think there is not much we can do but increase the timeout values or fix
 your network connection.

 I'll increase the timeout to 30 secs, then.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/13#comment:11>
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