From 870ecd5190b89c7a4e1fc9876ac306601270fdde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 20:01:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] LibConfig: VERIFY that a Core::EventLoop exists before
 connecting

It's not possible to connect to ConfigServer without having an event
loop available. This VERIFY makes it much easier to understand why
things are not working. :^)
---
 Userland/Libraries/LibConfig/Client.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibConfig/Client.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibConfig/Client.cpp
index 2fce3af8dc..265c4b2e0a 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibConfig/Client.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibConfig/Client.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ static RefPtr<Client> s_the = nullptr;
 
 Client& Client::the()
 {
-    if (!s_the || !s_the->is_open())
+    if (!s_the || !s_the->is_open()) {
+        VERIFY(Core::EventLoop::has_been_instantiated());
         s_the = Client::construct();
+    }
     return *s_the;
 }