By default ASAN only reports the errors and doesn't cause the program to
crash. By forcing a SIGABRT, the process will generate a core dump which
causes the test to fail.
Although the act of placing environment variables inside the systemd
service file might seem intrusive, they have no effect on non-ASAN
builds. This appears to be the most convenient and straightforward way of
changing ASAN behavior for testing.
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