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On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 1:14:47 PM UTC-6, Matt Borchers wrote:
> Well, I should have thought of this solution sooner.  I downloaded the GN=
AT 6.3.2 version (where the bug is fixed) and I copied all of the execution=
 path of the non-blocking accept_socket subprogram into a single subroutine=
 in a new child package of GNAT.Sockets.
>=20
> My first few tests are successful.

You could try using a Generic Package taking a TIMEOUT formal parameter (an=
d if you're using task-interfaces, an interface to your socket-task) then s=
imply have one task do your processing and the other send an abort to the o=
ther task if/when the timeout occurs.