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| -rw-r--r-- | pym/portage/__init__.py | 23 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage/__init__.py b/pym/portage/__init__.py index b99805d0b..cf56a5c4a 100644 --- a/pym/portage/__init__.py +++ b/pym/portage/__init__.py @@ -2504,6 +2504,10 @@ class config(object): pass return self._selinux_enabled +# In some cases, openpty can be slow when it fails. Therefore, +# stop trying to use it after the first failure. +_disable_openpty = False + # XXX This would be to replace getstatusoutput completely. # XXX Issue: cannot block execution. Deadlock condition. def spawn(mystring, mysettings, debug=0, free=0, droppriv=0, sesandbox=0, fakeroot=0, **keywords): @@ -2578,14 +2582,19 @@ def spawn(mystring, mysettings, debug=0, free=0, droppriv=0, sesandbox=0, fakero del keywords["logfile"] if 1 not in fd_pipes or 2 not in fd_pipes: raise ValueError(fd_pipes) - from pty import openpty - try: - master_fd, slave_fd = openpty() - got_pty = True - except EnvironmentError, e: - writemsg("openpty failed: '%s'\n" % str(e), noiselevel=1) - del e + global _disable_openpty + if _disable_openpty: master_fd, slave_fd = os.pipe() + else: + from pty import openpty + try: + master_fd, slave_fd = openpty() + got_pty = True + except EnvironmentError, e: + _disable_openpty = True + writemsg("openpty failed: '%s'\n" % str(e), noiselevel=1) + del e + master_fd, slave_fd = os.pipe() # We must set non-blocking mode before we close the slave_fd # since otherwise the fcntl call can fail on FreeBSD (the child |