fix(install): set PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 in launchd / systemd templates#122
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Without PYTHONUNBUFFERED, ctrlrelay's stdout sits in Python's stdio buffer instead of flushing line-by-line. tail -f on the bridge/poller log files (launchd) and journalctl -fu (systemd) lag by minutes, which makes 'is the daemon hung or just quiet?' impossible to answer during incidents. Adds the env var to all four templates and a regression test per platform so a future template tweak can't drop it again.
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Summary
Spotted while migrating an existing install to the new `ctrlrelay install` command — the old hand-written plist had `PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1` and the new template didn't.
Without it, ctrlrelay's stdout sits in Python's stdio buffer instead of flushing line-by-line. `tail -f ~/.ctrlrelay/logs/{bridge,poller}.log` (launchd) and `journalctl -fu ctrlrelay-{bridge,poller}` (systemd) lag by minutes, which makes "is the daemon hung or just quiet?" impossible to answer during incidents.
Adds the env var to all four templates and a regression test per platform.
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