timeout option not honoured (formerly how to handle armhf time-out on package?)

[Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>]

the fix did not work, see

  https://hydra.gnu.org/build/2513115

est project /tmp/guix-build-ldc-0.17.4.drv-0/build
        Start   1: build-druntime-ldc-unittest
  1/673 Test   #1: build-druntime-ldc-unittest .................   Passed  533.53 sec
        Start   2: build-druntime-test-runner
  2/673 Test   #2: build-druntime-test-runner ..................   Passed    6.06 sec
        Start   3: build-phobos2-ldc-unittest
building of `/gnu/store/4bqm0has81ndhimqg9nn7kysdzdhssy7-ldc-0.17.4.drv' timed out after 3600 seconds of silence
@ build-failed /gnu/store/4bqm0has81ndhimqg9nn7kysdzdhssy7-ldc-0.17.4.drv - timeout

Strangely no effect on the timeout.

CC debbugs so we don't lose it.

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 10:56:32AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:
> 
> > According to 
> >
> >   https://hydra.gnu.org/build/2447190/nixlog/1/tail-reload
> >
> > we are getting a time-out during testing of dlang ldc on armhf. 
> >
> > I admit 3600s for a test is a bit lengthy ;)
> 
> Indeed, on x86_64, according to
> <https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/log/q31z6ncd448p4qdcc9xd2j0c08bwbwff-ldc-0.17.4>, we get:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> /gnu/store/6g4pfzgmgwpfkwix0p7r6j349hffh2gs-cmake-3.7.2/bin/ctest --force-new-ctest-process 
> Test project /tmp/guix-build-ldc-0.17.4.drv-0/build
>         Start   1: build-druntime-ldc-unittest
>   1/673 Test   #1: build-druntime-ldc-unittest .................   Passed   36.71 sec
>         Start   2: build-druntime-test-runner
>   2/673 Test   #2: build-druntime-test-runner ..................   Passed    0.34 sec
>         Start   3: build-phobos2-ldc-unittest
>   3/673 Test   #3: build-phobos2-ldc-unittest ..................   Passed  487.52 sec
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> So given that the first test is 14 times slower on x86_64, we can expect
> the 3rd test to last ~8440 seconds, which exceeds the default
> ‘max-silent-timeout’.
> 
> I’ve added a ’max-silent-time’ property as Mark suggests, for 3h.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
> 

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