echo "-$(cat /proc/1/cmdline 2>&1 | sed -e 's/\x0//g')-"

-/usr/sbin/initnone-
As I do not want a complex sed query to check for systemd or not, let's
solve it in init_pod.sh and express it in CI_CONTEXT variable.

continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/ctafrontend.sh

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ echo OK
 echo "Generating core file in /var/log/cta directory so that those are available as artifacts"
 echo '/var/log/cta/core_%e.%p' > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
 
-if [ "-$(cat /proc/1/cmdline 2>&1 | sed -e 's/\x0//g')-" != '-/usr/sbin/init-' ]; then
-  # we are not running in systemd
+if [ "-${CI_CONTEXT}-" == '-nosystemd-' ]; then
+  # systemd is not available
   runuser --shell='/bin/bash' --session-command='cd ~cta; xrootd -l /var/log/cta-frontend-xrootd.log -k fifo -n cta -c /etc/cta/cta-frontend-xrootd.conf -I v4' cta
   echo "ctafrontend died"
   echo "analysing core file if any"

continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/init_pod.sh

@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ echo "DONE"
 #echo "ip_resolve=IPv4" >> /etc/yum.conf
 #echo "DONE"
 
+# defining CI_CONTEXT
+# possible values are "systemd" and "nosystemd"
+# this is just to understand if the container is managed through systemd or not
+CI_CONTEXT="nosystemd"
+if [ "-$(cat /proc/1/cmdline 2>&1 | sed -e 's/\x0//g;s/init.*/init/')-" == '-/usr/sbin/init-' ]; then
+  CI_CONTEXT="systemd"
+fi
+
+
 # redefining yum commands if in BUILDTREE environment
 if [[ -n ${BUILDTREE_BASE} ]]; then
   echo "Configuring BUILDTREE environment"