-if ((len = recv(fd, buf, sizeof(buf), 0)) < 0) { where = US"recv"; goto bad; }
+FD_ZERO(&fds); FD_SET(fd, &fds);
+tv.tv_sec = 2; tv.tv_usec = 0;
+if (select(fd + 1, (SELECT_ARG2_TYPE *)&fds, NULL, NULL, &tv) != 1)
+ {
+ DEBUG(D_expand) debug_printf("no daemon response; using local evaluation\n");
+ len = snprintf(CS buf, sizeof(buf), "%u", queue_count_cached());
+ }
+else if ((len = recv(fd, buf, sizeof(buf), 0)) < 0)
+ { where = US"recv"; goto bad2; }