Re: 4.0.9

[DervishD <raul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

    Hi Carlos :)

 * Carlos Carvalho <carlos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> dixit:
>  >    I've notified an almost-a-bug related to that issue. Maybe you're
>  >running a Linux box that has support for ptmx and doesn't have
>  >/dev/pty?? nodes. If that is true, then zsh pty subsystem won't work
>  >for you. You will need to create the /dev/pty?? nodes, since zsh
>  >thinks that Linux doesn't support ptmx. Not a problem, really.
> On the box where the test fails:
> hoggar% ls /dev/pty*
> /dev/ptyp0  /dev/ptyp3  /dev/ptyp6  /dev/ptyp9  /dev/ptypc  /dev/ptypf
> /dev/ptyp1  /dev/ptyp4  /dev/ptyp7  /dev/ptypa  /dev/ptypd
> /dev/ptyp2  /dev/ptyp5  /dev/ptyp8  /dev/ptypb  /dev/ptype

    Certainly is not a problem with the PTY nodes...
 
> It also has /dev/ptmx. The box where the tests pass uses devfs; it has
> all the pty's from a0 to zf, they're symlinks to /dev/pty/m*, and no ptmx.
> Is this a problem with the configuration?

    Don't think so. Try 'strace' and see if opening the PTY gives a
sensible error or the like. 

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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