macOS inconsistency - Status never returns "stopped"

[mpkondrashin]

For Darwin platform service Stop function use the following command:

launchctl unload <plist file path>

To get staus it uses

launchctl list <service name>

This command returns the following:

Could not find service "<service name>" in domain for system

So service Status function returns StatusUnknown event for installed but stopped service.
Result: StatusStopped is never returned.
If service library would use following command to stop the service

launchctl stop <service name>

it would not work as plist file has following key:

<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true/>

So service will restart and service.Stop function will not work.

So service Status/Stop/plist template file should be somehow changed.

[precisionpete]

Were you ever able to resolve this issue?

[mpkondrashin]

No I did not. My project is cross platform and macOS is not highest priority.

[netcorevip]

https://github.com/tjluoma/launchd-keepalive#keepalive-and-successfulexit

  <key>KeepAlive</key>
  <dict>
  <key>SuccessfulExit</key>
  <false/>
  </dict>