1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/apt-panopticon.lua b/apt-panopticon.lua
index 21e7599..fd757ec 100755
--- a/apt-panopticon.lua
+++ b/apt-panopticon.lua
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ options =
                 "Updated",
             },
         },
+    maxtime =
+        {
+            typ = "number",
+            help = "",
+            value = 300,
+        },
     timeout =
         {
             typ = "number",
@@ -679,6 +685,7 @@ local postDownload = function(host, r, k)
         if options.referenceSite.value == host then
             if "Packages." == file:sub(1, 9) then
 -- TODO - compare the SHA256 sums in pkgmaster's Release for both the packed and unpacked versions.
+--        Also note that this might get only a partial download due to maxtime.
                 local Pp, e = io.open('results/' .. host .. '/merged/dists/'.. r .. dir .. 'Packages.parsed', "w+")
                 if nil == Pp then W('opening results/' .. host .. '/merged/dists/'.. r .. dir .. 'Packages.parsed' .. ' file - ' .. e) else
                     local pp = {}
@@ -734,7 +741,7 @@ local postDownload = function(host, r, k)
 end
 
 local downloadLock = "flock -n results/curl-"
-local download = "curl --connect-timeout " .. options.timeout.value .. " --create-dirs -f -L -z 'results/stamp.old' -v -R "
+local download = "curl --connect-timeout " .. options.timeout.value .. " --create-dirs -f -L --max-time " .. options.maxtime.value .. " -z 'results/stamp.old' -v -R "
 local downloads = function(host, URL, release, list)
     if nil == URL then URL = "" end
     local lock = "%s-" .. host .. ".lock"