elog/mod_custom: Spawn processes in background #1295
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Since elog_process is typically called while the event loop is running, hold references to spawned processes and wait for them asynchronously, ultimately waiting for them if necessary when the AsyncioEventLoop _close_main method calls _async_finalize via portage.process.run_coroutine_exitfuncs().
ConfigProtectTestCase is useful for exercising this code, and this little make.globals patch can be used to test failure during finalize with this error message:
Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/925907