From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Jul 26 12:30:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA15147 for bugs-outgoing; Sat, 26 Jul 1997 12:30:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA15127; Sat, 26 Jul 1997 12:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 12:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199707261930.MAA15127@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: Garrett Wollman Subject: bin/4171: fetch(1): poor error handling in http mode Reply-To: Garrett Wollman Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR bin/4171; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman To: mi@aldan.ziplink.net Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/4171: fetch(1): poor error handling in http mode Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 15:20:50 -0400 (EDT) < said: > The link goes down while fetching a file over http, > and the downtime is long enough for the web-server to > timeout. Fetch does not notice the fact and waits > forever (or just very long). Ummm, if the connection is closed, then `fetch' certainly should notice. You can certainly specify a timeout if you wish, of course (RTM). If you can provide a `ktrace' of the problem, I wouldn't mind looking at it. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick