Re: need help with debugging gopherd (geomyidae) service

[Ludovic Courtès]

Maxim Cournoyer <address@hidden> skribis:

> ng0 <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

>> +       (list (shepherd-service
>> +              (documentation "Run the gopherd geomyidae")
>> +              (provision '(geomyidae))
>> +              (requirement '(user-processes loopback networking))
>> +              (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
>> +                        '#$cmd
>
> Why is there a single quote in front of #$cmd ?
>
> I think Ludo once explained how to manually exercise the service script;
> I'm not sure, but maybe you could gather more clues as to what might be
> failing from there if you could manage to run the service manually at
> the REPL.

If you test this in a VM, error messages will go to /dev/console, so you
should be able to get hints.

HTH,
Ludo’.