From f7d2c39f20734d48a5306ac585f1bbee2fc2fbe7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: minima <minima>
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 13:41:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add a timeout to the outgoing connect

---
 perl/Msg.pm | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/perl/Msg.pm b/perl/Msg.pm
index 1099ba88..6702f152 100644
--- a/perl/Msg.pm
+++ b/perl/Msg.pm
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ sub new
 		state => 0,
 		lineend => "\r\n",
 		csort => 'telnet',
+		timeval => 60,
     };
 
 	return bless $conn, $class;
@@ -61,20 +62,22 @@ sub new
 sub connect {
     my ($pkg, $to_host, $to_port, $rproc) = @_;
 
+    # Create a connection end-point object
+    my $conn = $pkg;
+	unless (ref $pkg) {
+		$conn = $pkg->new($rproc);
+	}
+	
     # Create a new internet socket
     my $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new (
                                       PeerAddr => $to_host,
                                       PeerPort => $to_port,
                                       Proto    => 'tcp',
-                                      Reuse    => 1);
+                                      Reuse    => 1,
+									  Timeout  => $conn->{timeval} / 2);
 
     return undef unless $sock;
 
-    # Create a connection end-point object
-    my $conn = $pkg;
-	unless (ref $pkg) {
-		$conn = $pkg->new($rproc);
-	}
 	$conn->{sock} = $sock;
     
     if ($conn->{rproc}) {
-- 
2.34.1