diff -Nru eweouz-0.9/debian/changelog eweouz-0.9+rpi1/debian/changelog
--- eweouz-0.9/debian/changelog	2014-10-21 08:27:21.000000000 +0000
+++ eweouz-0.9+rpi1/debian/changelog	2015-06-22 21:33:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+eweouz (0.9+rpi1) stretch-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Set new timeout parameter in e_book_client_connect_sync to the rather
+    arbitary value of 60 seconds (closes: 787378).
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:32:01 +0000
+
 eweouz (0.9) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Switch Depends to emacs | emacsen instead of hard coding version
diff -Nru eweouz-0.9/src/eweouz-dump-addressbook.c eweouz-0.9+rpi1/src/eweouz-dump-addressbook.c
--- eweouz-0.9/src/eweouz-dump-addressbook.c	2014-10-21 08:00:08.000000000 +0000
+++ eweouz-0.9+rpi1/src/eweouz-dump-addressbook.c	2015-06-22 21:34:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 
 	for (s = sources ; s; s = s->next) {
 		source = E_SOURCE(s->data);
-		client = E_BOOK_CLIENT(e_book_client_connect_sync(source, NULL, &error));
+		client = E_BOOK_CLIENT(e_book_client_connect_sync(source, 60, NULL, &error));
 
 		if (error != NULL) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "e_book_client_connect_sync: %s\n", error->message);
diff -Nru eweouz-0.9/src/eweouz-write-addressbook.c eweouz-0.9+rpi1/src/eweouz-write-addressbook.c
--- eweouz-0.9/src/eweouz-write-addressbook.c	2014-10-21 08:00:08.000000000 +0000
+++ eweouz-0.9+rpi1/src/eweouz-write-addressbook.c	2015-06-22 21:34:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 
 		for (s = sources ; s; s = s->next) {
 			source = E_SOURCE(s->data);
-			client = E_BOOK_CLIENT(e_book_client_connect_sync(source, NULL, &error));
+			client = E_BOOK_CLIENT(e_book_client_connect_sync(source, 60, NULL, &error));
 			e_book_client_get_contacts_sync(client, qu, &contacts, NULL, &error);
 
 			for (c = contacts; c; c = c->next) {