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| -rw-r--r-- | pym/portage/__init__.py | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage/__init__.py b/pym/portage/__init__.py index 05f7b86bd..3bc125b94 100644 --- a/pym/portage/__init__.py +++ b/pym/portage/__init__.py @@ -3768,10 +3768,18 @@ def _test_pty_eof(): termios.tcsetattr(slave_fd, termios.TCSANOW, mode) # Simulate a subprocess writing some data to the - # slave end of the pipe, and then exiting. - slave_file.write(_unicode_encode(test_string, - encoding='utf_8', errors='strict')) - slave_file.close() + # slave end of the pipe, and then exiting. Do a + # real fork here since otherwise slave_file.close() + # would block on some platforms such as Darwin. + pid = os.fork() + if pid == 0: + slave_file.write(_unicode_encode(test_string, + encoding='utf_8', errors='strict')) + slave_file.close() + os._exit(os.EX_OK) + else: + slave_file.close() + os.waitpid(pid, 0) eof = False data = [] |