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-rw-r--r--pym/portage/__init__.py23
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