bin/54713: ftp(1) does not report success or failure of a download

[martin%NetBSD.org@localhost]

>Number:         54713
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ftp(1) does not report success or failure of a download
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Nov 23 18:20:00 +0000 2019
>Originator:     Martin Husemann
>Release:        NetBSD 9.99.17
>Organization:
The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
>Environment:
System: NetBSD whoever-brings-the-night.aprisoft.de 9.99.17 NetBSD 9.99.17 (WHOEVER) #320: Wed Nov 20 14:36:21 CET 2019 martin%seven-days-to-the-wolves.aprisoft.de@localhost:/work/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/WHOEVER sparc64
Architecture: sparc64
Machine: sparc64
>Description:

I am using our base system ftp to download things in a script, for example
the MD5 file of a release build on the auto build cluster, and then all sets
mentioned in the file. Basic usage: ftp -o $dir/$file $url

Happens rarely, but sometimes a download fails (networking issue or whatever).

It would be nice if ftp(1) would report this failure in its exit status.

>How-To-Repeat:
s/a

>Fix:
n/a