@@ 266,10 266,13 @@ the synopsis")
(check-start-with-package-name synopsis)
(check-synopsis-length synopsis))))
-(define (probe-uri uri)
+(define* (probe-uri uri #:key timeout)
"Probe URI, a URI object, and return two values: a symbol denoting the
probing status, such as 'http-response' when we managed to get an HTTP
-response from URI, and additional details, such as the actual HTTP response."
+response from URI, and additional details, such as the actual HTTP response.
+
+TIMEOUT is the maximum number of seconds (possibly an inexact number) to wait
+for connections to complete; when TIMEOUT is #f, wait as long as needed."
(define headers
'((User-Agent . "GNU Guile")
(Accept . "*/*")))
@@ 280,7 283,7 @@ response from URI, and additional details, such as the actual HTTP response."
((or 'http 'https)
(catch #t
(lambda ()
- (let ((port (open-connection-for-uri uri))
+ (let ((port (open-connection-for-uri uri #:timeout timeout))
(request (build-request uri #:headers headers)))
(define response
(dynamic-wind
@@ 313,7 316,7 @@ response from URI, and additional details, such as the actual HTTP response."
('ftp
(catch #t
(lambda ()
- (let ((conn (ftp-open (uri-host uri) 21)))
+ (let ((conn (ftp-open (uri-host uri) 21 #:timeout timeout)))
(define response
(dynamic-wind
(const #f)
@@ 338,7 341,7 @@ response from URI, and additional details, such as the actual HTTP response."
"Return #t if the given URI can be reached, otherwise return #f and emit a
warning for PACKAGE mentionning the FIELD."
(let-values (((status argument)
- (probe-uri uri)))
+ (probe-uri uri #:timeout 3))) ;wait at most 3 seconds
(case status
((http-response)
(or (= 200 (response-code argument))