From 7ee98cf395ad03a5aa366d2884b48b49d09ff120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Kreft <email@christopherkreft.de>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:07:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] tests: make systemctl service check robust

---
 t/40_e2e_deb_linux_test.go | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/40_e2e_deb_linux_test.go b/t/40_e2e_deb_linux_test.go
index aeb32feb..0dfb65a7 100644
--- a/t/40_e2e_deb_linux_test.go
+++ b/t/40_e2e_deb_linux_test.go
@@ -69,8 +69,16 @@ func TestDEBinstaller(t *testing.T) {
 
 	runCmd(t, &cmd{
 		Cmd:  "systemctl",
-		Args: []string{"status", "snclient"},
-		Like: []string{`/usr/bin/snclient`, `running`},
+		Args: []string{"is-active", "--quiet", "snclient"},
+	})
+
+	// Check the configured command separately. The process tree in the
+	// human-readable status output may temporarily contain only the process
+	// name while the service is starting.
+	runCmd(t, &cmd{
+		Cmd:  "systemctl",
+		Args: []string{"show", "--property=ExecStart", "--value", "snclient"},
+		Like: []string{`/usr/bin/snclient`},
 	})
 
 	// add custom .ini with correct ownership for snclient user