bother.  unrevert my fix.
diff --git a/libbb/process_escape_sequence.c b/libbb/process_escape_sequence.c
index f5ac500..e6b5fc9 100644
--- a/libbb/process_escape_sequence.c
+++ b/libbb/process_escape_sequence.c
@@ -22,35 +22,42 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 #include "libbb.h"
 
+#define isodigit(c) ((c) >= '0' && (c) <= '7')
+#define hextobin(c) ((c)>='a'&&(c)<='f' ? (c)-'a'+10 : (c)>='A'&&(c)<='F' ? (c)-'A'+10 : (c)-'0')
+#define octtobin(c) ((c) - '0')
 char bb_process_escape_sequence(const char **ptr)
 {
+	const char *p, *q;
+	unsigned int num_digits, r, n, hexescape;
 	static const char charmap[] = {
 		'a',  'b',  'f',  'n',  'r',  't',  'v',  '\\', 0,
 		'\a', '\b', '\f', '\n', '\r', '\t', '\v', '\\', '\\' };
 
-	const char *p;
-	const char *q;
-	unsigned int num_digits;
-	unsigned int r;
-	unsigned int n;
-
-	n = 0;
+	n = r = hexescape = num_digits = 0;
 	q = *ptr;
 
-	num_digits = 0;
+	if (*q == 'x') {
+		hexescape++;
+		++q;
+	}
+
 	do {
-		if (((unsigned int)(*q - '0')) <= 7) {
-			r = n * 8 + (*q - '0');
-			if (r <= UCHAR_MAX) {
-				n = r;
-				++q;
-				if (++num_digits < 3) {
-					continue;
-				}
+		if (hexescape && isxdigit(*q)) {
+			r = n * 16 + hextobin(*q);
+		} else if (isodigit(*q)) {
+			r = n * 8 + octtobin(*q);
+		}
+		if (r <= UCHAR_MAX) {
+			n = r;
+			++q;
+			if (++num_digits < 3) {
+				continue;
 			}
 		}
 		break;
diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index 276ca5f..ff6e58a 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
 	int result = 0;
 	if (execable("/sbin/udhcpc")) {
 		execute("kill -USR2 `cat /var/run/udhcpc.%iface%.pid` 2>/dev/null", ifd, exec);
-		execute("kill -TERM `cat /var/run/udhcpc.%iface%.pid` 2>/dev/null", ifd, exec);
+		execute("kill -9 `cat /var/run/udhcpc.%iface%.pid` 2>/dev/null", ifd, exec);
 	} else if (execable("/sbin/pump")) {
 		result = execute("pump -i %iface% -k", ifd, exec);
 	} else if (execable("/sbin/dhclient")) {
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@
 	} else if (execable("/sbin/dhcpcd")) {
 		result = execute("dhcpcd -k %iface%", ifd, exec);
 	}
+	static_down(ifd, exec)
 	return (result || bootp_down(ifd, exec));
 }