On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 06:50:45AM +0100, John Darrington wrote: > Building qemu invariably results in the following: > > PASS: tests/test-filter-redirector > TEST: tests/postcopy-test... (pid=25237) > /i386/postcopy: > building of `/gnu/store/rjbql3m2w6mcy0l21m5r6jkaz8mw8z4r-qemu-2.7.0.drv' > timed out after 3600 seconds of silence > @ build-failed /gnu/store/rjbql3m2w6mcy0l21m5r6jkaz8mw8z4r-qemu-2.7.0.drv - > timeout > guix build: error: build failed: build of > `/gnu/store/rjbql3m2w6mcy0l21m5r6jkaz8mw8z4r-qemu-2.7.0.drv' failed
Is this on 32-bit or 64-bit x86? 1 hour does seem excessively long. Did you try tracing the process to see if it's actually working? If it is working, did you try increasing the value of '--max-silent-time' beyond 3600 seconds? Is the machine in question very slow?
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