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| -rw-r--r-- | guix/ssh.scm | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/ssh.scm b/guix/ssh.scm index 25ec8295e8..104f4f52d6 100644 --- a/guix/ssh.scm +++ b/guix/ssh.scm @@ -297,9 +297,11 @@ Return the list of store items actually sent." (channel-send-eof port) ;; Wait for completion of the remote process and read the status sexp from - ;; PORT. + ;; PORT. Wait for the exit status only when 'read' completed; otherwise, + ;; we might wait forever if the other end is stuck. (let* ((result (false-if-exception (read port))) - (status (zero? (channel-get-exit-status port)))) + (status (and result + (zero? (channel-get-exit-status port))))) (close-port port) (match result (('success . _) |