From 9751a71ca790ddfd1b22d00f162858e43f60ada9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Pearkes <jackpearkes@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:34:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] builder/amazonebs: sleep between checks for ami create

fixes #50
---
 builder/amazonebs/step_create_ami.go | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/builder/amazonebs/step_create_ami.go b/builder/amazonebs/step_create_ami.go
index 8fa1c005f..cca4a68b9 100644
--- a/builder/amazonebs/step_create_ami.go
+++ b/builder/amazonebs/step_create_ami.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mitchellh/goamz/ec2"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"log"
 	"strconv"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@ func (s *stepCreateAMI) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
 		if imageResp.Images[0].State == "available" {
 			break
 		}
+
+		log.Printf("Image in state %s, sleeping 2s before checking again",
+			imageResp.Images[0].State)
+
+		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
 	}
 
 	return multistep.ActionContinue