Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:04:42 GMT From: Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/136124: sysutils/bsdstats needs timeout settings Message-ID: <200906281104.n5SB4gpj071373@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200906281110.n5SBA2Uu037488@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 136124 >Category: ports >Synopsis: sysutils/bsdstats needs timeout settings >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jun 28 11:10:02 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Alexander Best >Release: 8.0-CURRENT >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD moshnroll 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #3 r195053M: Fri Jun 26 17:13:01 CEST 2009 root@moshnroll:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARUNDEL i386 >Description: /usr/local/etc/periodic/monthly/300.statistics uses `fetch` in do_fetch (). however neither HTTP_TIMEOUT is set nor the -T switch is being used. if for some reason `fetch` is unable to download "http://$checkin_server/scripts/$1" the boot process won't continue until ctrl+c is being issued (which isn't possible of course if no keyboard is present e.g.). questions is: should HTTP_TIMEOUT be honoured or not? i think it's best to use the -T switch with a value of let's say 10 seconds. cheers. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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