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Date:      Sun, 27 Jul 1997 00:25:07 +0400 (MSD)
From:      =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/fetch fetch.1 fetch.h http.c main.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970727002010.1364B-100000@lsd.relcom.eu.net>
In-Reply-To: <199707261918.PAA23445@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>

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On Sat, 26 Jul 1997, Garrett Wollman wrote:

> <<On Sat, 26 Jul 1997 21:01:13 +0400 (MSD), =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> said:
> 
> > Thanx, it works now. BTW, why not make '-b' as default case? Is it will
> 
> Because it's a work-around for a BUG.  The only way to recognize
> broken servers is to exercise this behavior.  We should try to find
> out which systems are broken so that we can embarrass them in
> public, and hopefully get those bugs fixed.

Ok.  

BTW, could you please make -b description in manpage more clear for
end-user, i.e. point exactly to "Connection reset by peer" error instead
of "a bug". Maybe even suggest to use -b inside fetch when reset by peer
happen... I can't do it by myself due to lack of correct english.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
<ache@null.net>
http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/




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