Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> skribis: > The ‘static-networking’ service can remain in ‘starting’ state forever > when it specifies a nonexistent NIC. > > This can be reproduced by running a system such as hydra/bayfront.scm > (in maintenance.git) in ‘guix system vm’: shepherd will wait for > ‘networking’ to start forever, preventing the machine from being cleanly > halted. > > I believe this is due to indefinite blocking in ‘network-set-up/linux’: > > ;; Before going any further, wait for the > ;; device to show up. > (wait-for-link > #$(network-address-device address) > #:blocking? #f) > > It should instead wait for a limited amount of time (info "(shepherd) > Defining Services").
Proposed fix: <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75100>. Ludo'.
