`require('ipfsd-ctl')` causes programs to hang about js-ipfsd-ctl

[bcomnes]

I noticed this last night. Does it spawn immediately on import? That might be holding the event loop open.

[victorb]

Oh, this is quite a horrible one. Anyone have an idea of why, so there is starting point for people wanting to help out?

[bcomnes]

@victorbjelkholm I would double check when the child process spawns. I belive that will hold the event loop open until the child process returns or is killed. See https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_spawn_command_args_options for more info on child process's spawn feature.

[jbenet]

@bcomnes best use of that gif i've ever seen.

Is this in using subcomandante? there may be something wrong there-- it shoudn't hold the event loop.

[daviddias]

Is this still a issue? I've used for other projects and it has been working fine, can you check @mappum @bcomnes ?

[mappum]

@diasdavid Yes, it's still an issue in 0.5.4.

[dignifiedquire]

The reason for this is the usage of https://github.com/rynti/node-shutdown-handler/blob/master/shutdown-handler.js. Looking at the code this does not look like to be a good idea to use :(