--- loncom/lond	2010/08/22 19:28:26	1.454
+++ loncom/lond	2010/08/30 13:24:20	1.455
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.454 2010/08/22 19:28:26 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.455 2010/08/30 13:24:20 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ my $DEBUG = 0;		       # Non zero to ena
 my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.454 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.455 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
 my $currenthostid="default";
 my $currentdomainid;
@@ -2155,7 +2155,10 @@ sub update_resource_handler {
 		my $transname="$fname.in.transfer";
 		my $remoteurl=&Apache::lonnet::reply("sub:$fname","$clientname");
 		my $response;
-		alarm(120);
+# FIXME: cannot replicate files that take more than two minutes to transfer?
+#		alarm(120);
+# FIXME: this should use the LWP mechanism, not internal alarms.
+                alarm(1200);
 		{
 		    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
 		    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',"$remoteurl");
@@ -2163,11 +2166,13 @@ sub update_resource_handler {
 		}
 		alarm(0);
 		if ($response->is_error()) {
+# FIXME: we should probably clean up here instead of just whine
 		    unlink($transname);
 		    my $message=$response->status_line;
 		    &logthis("LWP GET: $message for $fname ($remoteurl)");
 		} else {
 		    if ($remoteurl!~/\.meta$/) {
+# FIXME: isn't there an internal LWP mechanism for this?
 			alarm(120);
 			{
 			    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;