On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 01:40:28PM -0400, sven falempin wrote: > Dear Tech Readers, > > In ftp command -w is available, very useful for crappy networks. > pkg_add does not have any of this. > > The HTTP layer is not configuring Timeout. > ( in /usr/libdata/perl5/OpenBSD/./PackageRepository/HTTP.pm ) > my $o = IO::Socket::INET->new( > PeerHost => $host, > PeerPort => $port); > ( plenty of option here like MultiHomed or Timeout, ReuseAddr, blocking )
That stuff is unused, disregard completly. > Maybe a patch can add a '-w' to pkg_add and push it there : Nope, use FETCH_CMD if necessary, and push whatever -w you need there. Note that this is documente