1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bin/build-packages b/bin/build-packages
index 7a5a541..fd9e448 100755
--- a/bin/build-packages
+++ b/bin/build-packages
@@ -195,6 +195,14 @@ checksum=$(
 while [ "${count}" -ne 0 ] && \
   [ "$(calculate_script_checksum)" = "${checksum}" ]; do
 
+  if [ -f '/tmp/do-not-run-build-slave' ]; then
+    >&2 echo 'build slave is on halt.'
+    >&2 echo 'I will terminate the loop and stop now.'
+    # non-zero exit code to signal systemctl that the process should not
+    # be restarted automatically
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
   if [ "${timeout}" -ne 0 ] && [ "${timeout}" -lt "$(date +%s)" ];
   then
     break