Re: [Expectperl-discuss] 'make test' as non-root user?

[Roland G. <r.g...@xs...>]

> > I have a problem running 'make test' (Expect-1.11) as an ordinary user -
> > works fine as root
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > Expect: Could not assign a pty at blib/lib/Expect.pm line 87.
> 
> I had the same problem at an early revision of Caldera Open Linux
> (2.2 I think). Though in my case, I had the problem with expect/tcl, not
> expect.pm.
> 
> The OS was not configured to grant additional pty's (pseudo terminals) to
> non-root users.
> 
> I suspect this may be a kernel configuration issue for Irix, but I have no
> experience with that Unix. I believe that this was the solution to the
> problem on Caldera Linux, but I didn't have to go down that path as I
> upgraded the OS, and the problem went away.

Can anyone verify this?  I'd like to put that into the FAQ.

Roland
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