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

[Warren P. <wpo...@ve...>]

I installed this at home on my linux box (RH6.1) - no problem with 'make
test' as either myself of root EXCEPT that test #7 failed.

One of our SA guys (at work) is trying to figure out what the pty problem is
on the IRIX box - I'll let you know what he finds out.

Test#7 - you'll probably have to change the test - there's no "version" in
the perl5.6.0 'perl -v'.

-------[ perl5.6.0 ]-----------
# perl -v

This is perl, v5.6.0 built for IP27-irix

Copyright 1987-2000, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or
the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5.0 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'.  If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.

--------[ perl 5.005_02 ]----------
$ perl -v

This is perl, version 5.005_02 built for IP27-irix

Copyright 1987-1998, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or
the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5.0 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'.  If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.

-----Original Message-----
From: exp...@li...
[mailto:exp...@li...]On Behalf Of
Roland Giersig
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 4:44 AM
To: wpo...@ve...
Cc: exp...@li...
Subject: Re: [Expectperl-discuss] 'make test' as non-root user?


> > 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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