Bug#758902: systemd: Please make ^C interrupt systemd-fsck

[Stefan Monnier]

> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/TODO?id=HEAD#n562

This points to line-number 562 in a long TODO list.  Of course, the item
at that line number is unrelated to this bug-report (tho I presume it
was related back when this reply was sent).

I think this is a very nasty regression that will hit relatively few
people but will really piss them off.

But I don't think we should focus exclusively on fsck: C-c should be
usable also to interrupt a "waiting for device to appear" or "waiting
for the network to come up".  So, basically, I think that any thingy
which takes more than N second to complete should be interruptible via
C-c (potentially with a prompt to confirm that the user really intended
to interrupt this operation).

In my experience, systemd has introduced various different *new* ways in
which the boot can get stuck in some long-running "operation" (which
might just be waiting for a timeout).  If we don't want to alienate
users, we should raise the severity of this bug (and broaden its scope).


        Stefan