Does mc need network connectivity?

[keith at karsites.net]

Hi Yury,

Thanks for the reply and that explanation makes perfect sense to me.

Kind Regards,

Keith


On 2016-02-09 19:42, Yury V. Zaytsev wrote:
> On Sat, 2016-02-06 at 15:41 +0000, keith at karsites.net wrote:
>> 
>> I noticed that if routing tables are not set up correctly, there are
>> times when mc will not start up, or it takes a minute or more to
>> start.
> 
> Midnight Commander itself does not, but underlying libraries might need
> the system to be configured correctly (as in, not necessarily a working
> network connection, but at least a non-broken configuration).
> 
> It could have easily been the Samba code, or X, or else gpm, or even
> subshell (if the corresponding features have been enabled during
> compilation); when the system is misconfigured, things might not work 
> as
> expected (surprise!).