On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 01:43:53PM +0200, Rainer Giedat wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 11:09:16PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > I am going to say "let's ignore the verification issue", and let
> > it go in. But it must be fixed so that it fits onto the ramdisks,
> > which means that -DSMALL must knock it out.
> Done. The binary compiled with -DSMALL is only 80 bytes bigger on i386
> than before, after moveing #ifndef SMALL to better positions (it was 480
> bytes bigger before).
>

i'm not sure it's necessary to list https: requests separately. it is
just an extension, and synopsis is big enough already.

how about the following (usage() would need fixed too):

Index: ftp.1
================================================== =================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/ftp/ftp.1,v
retrieving revision 1.53
diff -u -r1.53 ftp.1
--- ftp.1 21 Sep 2005 22:31:47 -0000 1.53
+++ ftp.1 15 May 2006 12:15:47 -0000
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
remote network site.
.Pp
The latter three usage formats will fetch a file using either the
-HTTP or FTP protocols into the current directory.
+FTP, HTTP, or HTTPS protocols into the current directory.
This is ideal for scripts.
Refer to
.Sx AUTO-FETCHING FILES
@@ -1132,10 +1132,12 @@
with a password of
.Ar password .
.It http://host[ort]/file
-An HTTP URL, retrieved using the HTTP protocol.
+An HTTP(S) URL, retrieved using the HTTP(S) protocol.
If
.Ev http_proxy
-is defined, it is used as a URL to an HTTP proxy server.
+is defined, it is used as a URL to an HTTP(S) proxy server.
+For HTTPS requests, the prefix must be
+.Dq https: .
.El
.Pp
If a classic format or an FTP URL format has a trailing
@@ -1492,7 +1494,7 @@
URL of FTP proxy to use when making FTP URL requests
(if not defined, use the standard FTP protocol).
.It Ev http_proxy
-URL of HTTP proxy to use when making HTTP URL requests.
+URL of HTTP(S) proxy to use when making HTTP(S) URL requests.
.El
.Sh PORT ALLOCATION
For active mode data connections,