[PATCH] tst-ttyname: skip the test when /dev/ptmx is not available

[Zack Weinberg]

On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 07:19:44PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> * Dmitry V. Levin:
>>
>> > * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-ttyname.c (do_in_chroot_1): Skip the
>> > test instead of failing in case of an error returned by posix_openpt.
>>
>> I think the test failure is real in this case.  I wouldn't it be?
>
> No, /dev/ptmx is intentionally missing in the environment where this test
> failed.

Why?

> Do you suggest an explicit check for ENOENT?

If this is absolutely necessary for some reason, then it should be as
narrow as possible, so yes, that would be my suggestion.

zw