In wget 1.8 the call wget -t 1 --timeout=3 http://195.49.84.148/
does not time out after 3 seconds because connecting to that IP (currently)
hangs. strace output:
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 3
connect(3, {sin_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(80),
sin_addr=inet_addr("195.49.84.148")}}, 16 <unfinished ...>
This is a problem in a script of mine that does live checks regularly:
Dead wgets accumulate. Cool if you get around to fix it.
-Urban
