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

[Dmitry V. Levin]

On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 12:09:56PM -0800, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> 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?

It's a restricted environment.

> > 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.

OK


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