Hello Michael,

there was no special intention - I simple wanted to give the downloader
more than just one chance to do it's job. For this I needed a value so
I simple choosed "5".

But I'm also fine with "3" or any other suggestion.

Best regards,

-Stefan

> Hello,
> 
> What is the rationale for five attempts? Why not three?
> 
> -Michael
> 
> > On 23 Mar 2022, at 04:04, Stefan Schantl
> > <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
> > ---
> > config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> > ---
> > 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl b/config/cfgroot/ids-
> > functions.pl
> > index eb276030b..c8bc52b1b 100644
> > --- a/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl
> > +++ b/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl
> > @@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ sub downloadruleset ($) {
> >         # If no provider is given default to "all".
> >         $provider //= 'all';
> > 
> > +       # The amount of download attempts before giving up and
> > +       # logging an error.
> > +       my $max_dl_attempts = 5;
> > +
> >         # Hash to store the providers and access id's, for which
> > rules should be downloaded.
> >         my %sheduled_providers = ();
> > 
> > @@ -364,19 +368,33 @@ sub downloadruleset ($) {
> >                 # Pass the requested url to the downloader.
> >                 my $request = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $url);
> > 
> > -               # Perform the request and save the output into the
> > tmpfile.
> > -               my $response = $downloader->request($request,
> > $tmpfile);
> > +               my $dl_attempt = 1;
> > +               my $response;
> > 
> > -               # Check if there was any error.
> > -               unless ($response->is_success) {
> > -                       # Obtain error.
> > -                       my $error = $response->content;
> > +               # Download and retry on failure.
> > +               while ($dl_attempt <= $max_dl_attempts) {
> > +                       # Perform the request and save the output
> > into the tmpfile.
> > +                       $response = $downloader->request($request,
> > $tmpfile);
> > 
> > -                       # Log error message.
> > -                       &_log_to_syslog("Unable to download the
> > ruleset. \($error\)");
> > +                       # Check if the download was successfull.
> > +                       if($response->is_success) {
> > +                               # Break loop.
> > +                               last;
> > 
> > -                       # Return "1" - false.
> > -                       return 1;
> > +                       # Check if we ran out of download re-tries.
> > +                       } elsif ($dl_attempt eq $max_dl_attempts) {
> > +                               # Obtain error.
> > +                               my $error = $response->content;
> > +
> > +                               # Log error message.
> > +                               &_log_to_syslog("Unable to download
> > the ruleset. \($error\)");
> > +
> > +                               # Return "1" - false.
> > +                               return 1;
> > +                       }
> > +
> > +                       # Increase download attempt counter.
> > +                       $dl_attempt++;
> >                 }
> > 
> >                 # Obtain the connection headers.
> > -- 
> > 2.30.2
> > 
>