Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/apm-file-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/apm-file-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.36.2.5 -r1.36.2.6
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/apm-file-procs.tcl	2 Jan 2016 20:42:57 -0000	1.36.2.5
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/apm-file-procs.tcl	21 Nov 2016 16:33:39 -0000	1.36.2.6
@@ -490,18 +490,21 @@
     # if the optional xotcl-core components are available...
     #
     
+    # 5 minutes
+    set timeout 300
+    
     set httpImpls [util::http::available -url $url -spool]
     if {$httpImpls ne ""} {
         ns_log notice "we can use the http::util:: interface using the $httpImpls implementation"
-        set result [util::http::get -url $url -spool]
+        set result [util::http::get -url $url -timeout $timeout -spool]
         file rename [dict get $result file] $output_file_name
     } elseif {[info commands ::ns_http] ne "" && [apm_version_names_compare [ns_info patchlevel] "4.99.5"] == 1} {
         # 
         # ... use ns_http when we have a version with the "-file" flag ...
         #
         foreach i {1 2 3} {
             ns_log notice "Transfer $url to $output_file_name based on ns_http"
-            set h [ns_http queue -timeout 60:0 $url]
+            set h [ns_http queue -timeout $timeout:0 $url]
             set replyHeaders [ns_set create]
             ns_http wait -file F -headers $replyHeaders -spoolsize 1 $h
             if {[file exists $output_file_name]} {file delete $output_file_name}