DOCBOOK-APPS: website newbie

I have been using docbook dsssl, but dove into xsl in order to try out website-2.2. I got xsltproc installed and ran the Makefile in the website/example directory. xsltproc built all the html files (correctly AFAICT) but it complains along the way:

xmlNanoHTTPConnectAttempt: Connect attempt timed out.

It builds several html files and then hangs on one, then builds some more, then hangs again. If I run the Makefile several times, it hangs at different files. Seems like it is looking for something on a server somewhere and if the server is busy it complains. Even though it hangs, it still seems to build the html all right.

Does anybody know what causes this?

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Kevin M. Dunn
Professor of Chemistry
Hampden-Sydney College
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