Re: GNU Shepherd 0.10.3 released

[Ludovic Courtès]

Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz> skribis:

> On 2024-01-07 15:08:59 +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

[...]

>>   ** Do not accidentally wait for Linux kernel thread completion
>>      (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/67132>)
>>
>>   In cases a PID file contained a bogus PID or one that’s only valid in a
>>   separate PID namespace, shepherd could end up waiting for the termination 
>> of
>>   what’s actually a Linux kernel thread, such as PID 2 (“kthreadd”).  This
>>   situation is now recognized and avoided.
>
> This is great, I will not have to remember to run `modprobe -r mt7921e' before
> each shutdown anymore.  I hope.  Looking forward to getting it in the Guix :)

D’oh, why did you have to do that?  How did Shepherd end up with “wrong” PID?

I hope this release fixes it!

Ludo’.