On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 06:06:38PM +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote: > > still exist -- we just got go-ahead for a rather expensive one). There, > > the network connectivity is pretty much a given and if the network > > properties change it's either a big problem or else something we've > > planned in advance. > I wouldn't really distuingish this too much. Even in computer labs you > step on cables from time to time, or you don't use static IP addresses > anymore and your DHCP server is down, or something else happens. I think
Right -- those are problems. Without network, the machines are going to be effectively useless anyway. > it is wise to make the best out of every situation and react as well as > possible to any of these situations, and recover from failure. Just > freezing boot otoh is bad idea I'd say though, regardless how "movable" > your machine is. What "as well as possible" might be is a matter of policy. In many cases, "please wait until the network is fixed, then continue" is absolutely the best reaction. -- Matthew Miller [email protected] <http://mattdm.org/> _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
