#1115722 bash: d/watch uses deprecated FTP protocol

Package:
src:bash
Source:
src:bash
Submitter:
Gioele Barabucci
Date:
2026-04-18 23:19:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1115722#5
Date:
2025-09-19 13:21:15 UTC
From:
To:
Dear bash maintainer,

the `d/watch` file uses `ftp://ftp.gnu.org`, but the operators of the
GNU infrastructure prefer HTTPS to FTP.

 > NOTICE (Updated October 15 2021):
 >
 > If you maintain scripts used to access ftp.gnu.org over FTP,
 > we strongly encourage you to change them to use HTTPS instead.
 >
 > Eventually we hope to shut down FTP protocol access, but plan
 > to give notice here and other places for several months ahead
 > of time.

A one-line patch to fix this issue can be found at

https://salsa.debian.org/gioele/bash/-/compare/debian%2Fsid...watch-https

Kind regards,

#1115722#10
Date:
2025-09-19 13:25:02 UTC
From:
To:
Direct link to the patch:

https://salsa.debian.org/gioele/bash/-/commit/bd08114.patch

Kind regards,