From 7b271823c813c796462e7bbe45e800b995d34613 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tai Groot <tai@taigrr.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 08:33:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore(ci): update Go to 1.27.1

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 8 ++++----
 go.mod                   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b2c57c2..479982f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ["1.26", "1.26.5"]
+        go-version: ["1.27", "1.27.1"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo env GOTOOLCHAIN=local "$(go env GOROOT)/bin/go" test -race -coverprofile=coverage-root.out -covermode=atomic ./...
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        if: matrix.go-version == '1.26.5'
+        if: matrix.go-version == '1.27.1'
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v7
         with:
           files: coverage-user.out,coverage-root.out
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v7
         with:
-          go-version: "1.26"
+          go-version: "1.27.1"
           cache: true
 
       - name: Check gofmt
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v7
         with:
-          go-version: "1.26"
+          go-version: "1.27.1"
           cache: true
 
       - name: Run govulncheck
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e0b0c73..e8c3c2c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module github.com/taigrr/systemctl
 
-go 1.26.5
+go 1.27.1

From a8d5bae4b4b1bfa354d192fbda5f91cd08c5d1e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tai Groot <tai@taigrr.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:33:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix(systemctl): handle missing binary execution

---
 util.go      |  6 +++++-
 util_test.go | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index e01a906..4ff98f8 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ func execute(ctx context.Context, args []string) (string, string, int, error) {
 	err = cmd.Run()
 	output = stdout.String()
 	warnings = stderr.String()
-	code = cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode()
+	if cmd.ProcessState != nil {
+		code = cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode()
+	} else {
+		code = 1
+	}
 
 	if code == killed {
 		return output, warnings, code, ErrExecTimeout
diff --git a/util_test.go b/util_test.go
index 278166c..952314f 100644
--- a/util_test.go
+++ b/util_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package systemctl
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -61,6 +64,25 @@ func TestPrepareArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestExecuteHandlesMissingBinaryAfterLookup(t *testing.T) {
+	originalSystemctl := systemctl
+	systemctl = "/path/to/missing/systemctl"
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		systemctl = originalSystemctl
+	})
+
+	_, _, code, err := execute(context.Background(), []string{"status", "missing.service"})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("execute() error = nil, want missing binary error")
+	}
+	if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		t.Fatalf("execute() error = %v, want error wrapping %v", err, os.ErrNotExist)
+	}
+	if code == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("execute() code = 0, want non-zero code")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestParseMaskedUnits(t *testing.T) {
 	stdout := `UNIT FILE                         STATE  PRESET
 foo.service                       masked enabled