From e101b031fc2709074564ae4630105b30d5915d7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitchell Hashimoto <mitchell.hashimoto@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:47:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] builder/virtualbox: Cancel mid-type if we can

---
 builder/virtualbox/step_type_boot_command.go | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/step_type_boot_command.go b/builder/virtualbox/step_type_boot_command.go
index c5726088b..6257aa435 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/step_type_boot_command.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/step_type_boot_command.go
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ func (s *stepTypeBootCommand) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAc
 				continue
 			}
 
+			// Since typing is sometimes so slow, we check for an interrupt
+			// in between each character.
+			if _, ok := state[multistep.StateCancelled]; ok {
+				return multistep.ActionHalt
+			}
+
 			if err := driver.VBoxManage("controlvm", vmName, "keyboardputscancode", code); err != nil {
 				ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error sending boot command: %s", err))
 				return multistep.ActionHalt