From: Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:08:49 +0000 (-0000)
Subject: disable the use of openpty on Solaris as it seems Python's openpty implementation... 
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disable the use of openpty on Solaris as it seems Python's openpty implementation doesn't play nice on Solaris with Portage's behaviour causing hangs/deadlocks

svn path=/main/branches/prefix/; revision=13112
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diff --git a/pym/portage/__init__.py b/pym/portage/__init__.py
index 2a5248ff8..bee5d3554 100644
--- a/pym/portage/__init__.py
+++ b/pym/portage/__init__.py
@@ -3108,7 +3108,13 @@ def _shell_quote(s):
 
 # In some cases, openpty can be slow when it fails. Therefore,
 # stop trying to use it after the first failure.
-_disable_openpty = False
+if platform.system() in ["SunOS"]:
+	# disable the use of openpty on Solaris as it seems Python's openpty
+	# implementation doesn't play nice on Solaris with Portage's
+	# behaviour causing hangs/deadlocks.
+	_disable_openpty = True
+else:
+	_disable_openpty = False
 
 def _create_pty_or_pipe(copy_term_size=None):
 	"""