bug#68591: closed (Error when using shepherd on foreign distro)

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> Error when using shepherd on foreign distro
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> Fri, 19 Jan 2024 21:12:18 +0100
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> Hi,
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> I am setting up shepherd for use by my user account on a foreign distro. I 
> setup as described in the manual in the section "(shepherd) Managing User 
> Services". When I try to run it using shepherd, it crashes on the line:
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>      ;; Send shepherd into the background
>      (perform-service-action 'shepherd 'daemonize)
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> with the error:
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>     Uncaught exception while loading configuration file 
> '/home/jaadu/.config/shepherd/init.scm': (goops-error #f "No applicable method 
> for ~S in call ~S" (#<<generic> service-actions (1)> (service-actions 
> shepherd)) ())
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> Removing said line resolves the issue.
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> -- 
> Med vänliga hälsningar Einar
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> Re: bug#68591: Error when using shepherd on foreign distro
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> Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:14:06 +0100
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> Hi Einar,
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> Einar Largenius <jaadu@lysator.liu.se> skribis:
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> > I am setting up shepherd for use by my user account on a foreign distro. I 
> > setup as described in the manual in the section "(shepherd) Managing User 
> > Services". When I try to run it using shepherd, it crashes on the line:
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> >      ;; Send shepherd into the background
> >      (perform-service-action 'shepherd 'daemonize)
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> > with the error:
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> >     Uncaught exception while loading configuration file 
> > '/home/jaadu/.config/shepherd/init.scm': (goops-error #f "No applicable 
> > method for ~S in call ~S" (#<<generic> service-actions (1)> (service-actions 
> > shepherd)) ())
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> This was a bug in the documentation, now fixed in Shepherd commit
> 0fbba586cd1eafa28c827641f093cc9f3cdc1d00.
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> Instead of the line above, you should write:
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>   (perform-service-action root-service 'daemonize)
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> Thanks!
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> Ludo’.
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