Subject: bug#63982: Shepherd can crash when a user service fails to start

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:53:23 -0400

Hi Ludo,

Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>>> Uh, so it remains in “starting” state?
>>
>> Yes!
>
> Turns out that this happens when calling the ‘daemonize’ action on
> ‘root’.  I have a reproducer now and am investigating…

Great, thanks for investigating and let me know if I can provide
something useful.  It seems introducing cooperative scheduling is a path
layered with traps, eh :-).

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Thanks,
Maxim