From a6e78fbd7b367d6a7ef6cf4df12e2b6717ad24fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram <bob@freedombone.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 20:10:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Don't wait for ever

---
 daemon.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 9187166b..87d7d2ad 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -430,8 +430,12 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         """
         if self.server.outboxThread:
             print('Waiting for previous outbox thread to end')
-            while self.server.outboxThread.isAlive():
+            waitCtr=0
+            while self.server.outboxThread.isAlive() and waitCtr<5:
                 time.sleep(1)
+                waitCtr+=1
+            if waitCtr>=5:
+                self.server.outboxThread.kill()
 
         print('Creating outbox thread')
         self.server.outboxThread= \