Fix NPE when QUARKUS_INIT_AND_EXIT is used

[geoand]

• Fixes: Initialization Tasks failing #41113

[gsmet]

Hmmm. In this case, we are sure that we don't want to run any of the shutdown listeners? None will have been registered and needed at this phase?

[geoand]

That's how it's always has been.

[quarkus-bot]

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Flaky tests - Develocity

⚙️ JVM Tests - JDK 21

📦 integration-tests/reactive-messaging-kafka

✖ io.quarkus.it.kafka.KafkaConnectorTest.testFruits - History

• Assertion condition defined as a Lambda expression in io.quarkus.it.kafka.KafkaConnectorTest expected: <6> but was: <5> within 10 seconds. - org.awaitility.core.ConditionTimeoutException

org.awaitility.core.ConditionTimeoutException: Assertion condition defined as a Lambda expression in io.quarkus.it.kafka.KafkaConnectorTest expected: <6> but was: <5> within 10 seconds.
	at org.awaitility.core.ConditionAwaiter.await(ConditionAwaiter.java:167)
	at org.awaitility.core.AssertionCondition.await(AssertionCondition.java:119)
	at org.awaitility.core.AssertionCondition.await(AssertionCondition.java:31)
	at org.awaitility.core.ConditionFactory.until(ConditionFactory.java:1006)
	at org.awaitility.core.ConditionFactory.untilAsserted(ConditionFactory.java:790)
	at io.quarkus.it.kafka.KafkaConnectorTest.testFruits(KafkaConnectorTest.java:63)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)

[gsmet]

This one is actually not a problem in 3.8, the null test is still here.