From 7a81b96be0380789d16f75294f0d60a242e1ff94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Zaiming (Stone) Shi" <zmstone@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 20:48:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(emqx_conf_app): print init_load failure to standard_error

logger may not get the chance to spit out the logs before the vm
dies, no matter how long sleep is added before init:stop(1)
---
 apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_app.erl | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_app.erl b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_app.erl
index fbfb97a79..dedb9aeab 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_app.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_app.erl
@@ -32,12 +32,8 @@ start(_StartType, _StartArgs) ->
         ok = init_conf()
     catch
         C:E:St ->
-            ?SLOG(critical, #{
-                msg => failed_to_init_config,
-                exception => C,
-                reason => E,
-                stacktrace => St
-            }),
+            %% logger is not quite ready.
+            io:format(standard_error, "Failed to load config~n~p~n~p~n~p~n", [C, E, St]),
             init:stop(1)
     end,
     ok = emqx_config_logger:refresh_config(),