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option.</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The option <option>--timeout</option> (corresponding to the
+ configuration setting <literal>build-timeout</literal>) allows you
+ to set an absolute timeout on builds — if a build runs for more than
+ the given number of seconds, it is terminated. This is useful for
+ recovering automatically from builds that are stuck in an infinite
+ loop but keep producing output, and for which
+ <literal>--max-silent-time</literal> is ineffective.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</section>