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pty.rb should be converted to use posix_spawn()

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  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: None
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Intro
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pty.rb currently uses fork()+exec() via FFI. This could be converted to use posix_spawn() to exec the child process, due to the flakiness of forking the jvm and continuing to run bytecode code in the child.

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Charles Oliver Nutter added a comment -

FYI, pty.rb is under lib/ruby/site_ruby/shared/pty.rb

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Charles Oliver Nutter added a comment - FYI, pty.rb is under lib/ruby/site_ruby/shared/pty.rb
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pty.rb currently uses fork()+exec() via FFI. This could be converted to use posix_spawn() to exec the child process, due to the flakiness of forking the jvm and continuing to run bytecode code in the child.

pty.rb currently uses fork()+exec() via FFI. This could be converted to use posix_spawn() to exec the child process, due to the flakiness of forking the jvm and continuing to run bytecode code in the child.

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  • Assignee:
    Thomas E Enebo
    Reporter:
    Wayne Meissner
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