This patch is based on db2b1d9a8d4644ef892f47d84606ee96598d23fb
of http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/netcat-openbsd.git

From: Aron Xu <aron@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:43:56 +0800
Subject: connect timeout

---
 netcat.c |   77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netcat.c b/netcat.c
index 9b2def2..f3cc8c1 100644
--- a/netcat.c
+++ b/netcat.c
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@
 #define PORT_MAX_LEN	6
 #define UNIX_DG_TMP_SOCKET_SIZE	19

+#define CONNECTION_SUCCESS 0
+#define CONNECTION_FAILED 1
+#define CONNECTION_TIMEOUT 2
+
 /* Command Line Options */
 int	dflag;					/* detached, no stdin */
 unsigned int iflag;				/* Interval Flag */
@@ -151,6 +155,9 @@ void	set_common_sockopts(int);
 int	map_tos(char *, int *);
 void	usage(int);

+static int connect_with_timeout(int fd, const struct sockaddr *sa,
+        socklen_t salen, int ctimeout);
+
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -651,11 +658,14 @@ remote_connect(const char *host, const char *port, struct addrinfo hints)

 		set_common_sockopts(s);

-		if (timeout_connect(s, res0->ai_addr, res0->ai_addrlen) == 0)
+                if ((error = connect_with_timeout(s, res0->ai_addr, res0->ai_addrlen, timeout))== CONNECTION_SUCCESS)
 			break;
-		else if (vflag)
+		else if (vflag && error == CONNECTION_FAILED)
 			warn("connect to %s port %s (%s) failed", host, port,
 			    uflag ? "udp" : "tcp");
+                else if (vflag && error == CONNECTION_TIMEOUT)
+                    warn("connect to %s port %s (%s) timed out", host, port,
+                            uflag ? "udp" : "tcp");

 		close(s);
 		s = -1;
@@ -703,6 +713,69 @@ timeout_connect(int s, const struct sockaddr *name, socklen_t namelen)
 	return (ret);
 }

+static int connect_with_timeout(int fd, const struct sockaddr *sa,
+		                socklen_t salen, int ctimeout)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct timeval tv, *tvp = NULL;
+	fd_set connect_fdset;
+	socklen_t len;
+	int orig_flags;
+
+	orig_flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL, 0);
+	if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, orig_flags | O_NONBLOCK) < 0 ) {
+		warn("can't set O_NONBLOCK - timeout not available");
+		if (connect(fd, sa, salen) == 0)
+			return CONNECTION_SUCCESS;
+		else
+			return CONNECTION_FAILED;
+	}
+
+	/* set connect timeout */
+	if (ctimeout > 0) {
+		tv.tv_sec = (time_t)ctimeout/1000;
+		tv.tv_usec = 0;
+		tvp = &tv;
+	}
+
+	/* attempt the connection */
+	err = connect(fd, sa, salen);
+	if (err != 0 && errno == EINPROGRESS) {
+		/* connection is proceeding
+		 * it is complete (or failed) when select returns */
+
+		/* initialize connect_fdset */
+		FD_ZERO(&connect_fdset);
+		FD_SET(fd, &connect_fdset);
+
+		/* call select */
+		do {
+			err = select(fd + 1, NULL, &connect_fdset,
+				     NULL, tvp);
+		} while (err < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+		/* select error */
+		if (err < 0)
+			errx(1,"select error: %s", strerror(errno));
+		/* we have reached a timeout */
+		if (err == 0)
+			return CONNECTION_TIMEOUT;
+		/* select returned successfully, but we must test socket
+		 * error for result */
+		len = sizeof(err);
+		if (getsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &err, &len) < 0)
+			errx(1, "getsockopt error: %s", strerror(errno));
+		/* setup errno according to the result returned by
+		 * getsockopt */
+		if (err != 0)
+			errno = err;
+	}
+
+	/* return aborted if an error occured, and valid otherwise */
+	fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, orig_flags);
+	return (err != 0)? CONNECTION_FAILED : CONNECTION_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 /*
  * local_listen()
  * Returns a socket listening on a local port, binds to specified source
--