MNT: Print to stdout every so often to avoid CircleCI timeout

kernc · kernc · commit a2369ddbc332 · 2021-10-12T15:32:38.000+02:00
diff --git a/build_tools/circle/build_doc.sh b/build_tools/circle/build_doc.sh
@@ -188,9 +188,16 @@ then
     python build_tools/circle/list_versions.py > doc/versions.rst
 fi
 
+# Install this noise maker on CircleCI to prevent
+# "Too long with no output (exceeded 10m0s): context deadline exceeded"
+while true; do sleep $((60 * 5)); echo -e '\nStill working ...\n'; done &
+noise_maker=$!
+
 # The pipefail is requested to propagate exit code
 set -o pipefail && cd doc && make $make_args 2>&1 | tee ~/log.txt
 
+kill $noise_maker
+
 # Insert the version warning for deployment
 find _build/html/stable -name "*.html" | xargs sed -i '/<\/body>/ i \
 \    <script src="https://scikit-optimize.github.io/versionwarning.js"></script>'
