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From:
"Theo de Raadt" <deraadt@openbsd.org>
Subject:
Re: syspatch -c : call ftp(1) with timeout
To:
Klemens Nanni <kn@openbsd.org>
Cc:
ajacoutot@bsdfrog.org, matthieu@openbsd.org, tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:16:22 -0600

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  • Klemens Nanni:

    syspatch -c : call ftp(1) with timeout

    • Theo de Raadt:

      syspatch -c : call ftp(1) with timeout

  • Job Snijders:

    syspatch -c : call ftp(1) with timeout

  • That is a plausibly small list without problems.  Does anyone
    else know of ftp forkouts which won't like the new default timeout?
    
    > 10.04.2026 01:11, Theo de Raadt пишет:
    > > What else is affected?
    > > 
    > > fw_update?
    > > 
    > > Surely there are more.
    > 
    > spamd-setup(8) runs 'ftp -V -o - url' for any http, https ftp `file'
    > in spamd.conf(5), so if such remotes were to take forever, ftp would
    > return after a minute rather than stalling.
    > 
    > Same for sysugprade.
    > 
    > The installer uses -w15 in some places already;  autoinstall(8) response
    > and SHA256.sig files, for which the return code is handled explicitly,
    > currently run without timeout, so a 1m default would make it fail quicker.
    > 
    
    
  • Klemens Nanni:

    syspatch -c : call ftp(1) with timeout

  • Job Snijders:

    syspatch -c : call ftp(1) with timeout