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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-09-17 09:27:07 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-09-17 09:27:07 +0200 |
| commit | f02f65efb4328a3018b6302af9e12f67e4a5e342 (patch) | |
| tree | c529e5b35bce7c6d3a7e43df3915b889a8ab12fe | |
| parent | 6a3f4c74fd07a8c28fda3cc7389765f30da7895a (diff) | |
| download | guix-f02f65efb4328a3018b6302af9e12f67e4a5e342.tar.gz | |
services: dhcp-client: Start 'dhclient' in "no wait" mode.
* gnu/services/networking.scm (dhcp-client-service): Pass '-nw' to 'dhclient'.
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/networking.scm | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/networking.scm b/gnu/services/networking.scm index ff7bd7fde9..d532fc8d99 100644 --- a/gnu/services/networking.scm +++ b/gnu/services/networking.scm @@ -107,10 +107,16 @@ Protocol (DHCP) client, on all the non-loopback network interfaces." (with-monad %store-monad (return (service - (documentation - "Set up networking via DHCP.") + (documentation "Set up networking via DHCP.") (requirement '(user-processes udev)) + + ;; XXX: Running with '-nw' ("no wait") avoids blocking for a + ;; minute when networking is unavailable, but also means that the + ;; interface is not up yet when 'start' completes. To wait for + ;; the interface to be ready, one should instead monitor udev + ;; events. (provision '(networking)) + (start #~(lambda _ ;; When invoked without any arguments, 'dhclient' ;; discovers all non-loopback interfaces *that are @@ -121,7 +127,8 @@ Protocol (DHCP) client, on all the non-loopback network interfaces." (ifaces (filter valid? (all-network-interfaces))) (pid (fork+exec-command - (cons* #$dhclient "-pf" #$pid-file + (cons* #$dhclient "-nw" + "-pf" #$pid-file ifaces)))) (and (zero? (cdr (waitpid pid))) (call-with-input-file #$pid-file read))))) |