On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:30:14 +0100,
Klemens Nanni <kn@openbsd.org> wrote:
> 
> 21.02.2026 15:00, Antoine Jacoutot пишет:
> > On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 08:48:58AM +0100, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm using syspatch -c in the monitoring system for a number of OpenBSD
> >> machines at work.
> >> From time to time the host listed in /etc/installurl becomes
> >> unavailable for hours. (I've seen that both with a dedicated mirror or
> >> with the cdn) causing monitoring errors because the agent (check_mk)
> >> is stuck.
> >>
> >> Adding a timeout option to the ftp(1) command run by syspatch -c is
> >> enough for me to not have the OpenBSD machines appear unresponsiv in
> >> the monitoring system.
> >>
> >> Would something like this make sense ?
> > 
> > I think it does.
> > But why not add it to some of the other ftp(1) calls?
> 
> ... and sysupgrade(8) and bsd.port.mk(5) FETCH_CMD as well, I guess.
> 
> Wouldn't it make more sense to provide a more sensible default in ftp(1)
> so it doesn't wait forever?  -w0 could do that if you really wanted, no?
>  

...which may wait forever if you run pkg_add via something like LTE modem,
and it decided to "renew" it's public IP.

-- 
wbr, Kirill