On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 04:16:42PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote:
> hmm, on Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 11:13:59PM +0100, Joachim Schipper said that
> > Notwithstanding that this is a real bug that should really be fixed,
> > there is a simple solution to such problems: just like OpenBSD has a
> > Real Shell Script for an installer, it has a Real Shell Script for a
> > boot script. Thus, ^C works. This is also useful for interrupting
> > dhclient on your laptop when it's not connected to any network, and the
> > like.
>
> i just wanted to add, that dhclient is very good at giving up
> when there is no link. no need to ^C at all.
Yes, but dhclient is tied to a specific interface. ntpd is not. That
makes it way more complex.
-Otto
