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diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-container.scm b/gnu/build/linux-container.scm
index b71d6a5f88..95bfd92dde 100644
--- a/gnu/build/linux-container.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/linux-container.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2015 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@
%namespaces
run-container
call-with-container
- container-excursion))
+ container-excursion
+ container-excursion*))
(define (user-namespace-supported?)
"Return #t if user namespaces are supported on this system."
@@ -128,13 +130,19 @@ for the process."
"/dev/fuse"))
;; Setup the container's /dev/console by bind mounting the pseudo-terminal
- ;; associated with standard input.
- (let ((in (current-input-port))
- (console (scope "/dev/console")))
- (when (isatty? in)
+ ;; associated with standard input when there is one.
+ (let* ((in (current-input-port))
+ (tty (catch 'system-error
+ (lambda ()
+ ;; This call throws if IN does not correspond to a tty.
+ ;; This is more reliable than 'isatty?'.
+ (ttyname in))
+ (const #f)))
+ (console (scope "/dev/console")))
+ (when tty
(touch console)
(chmod console #o600)
- (bind-mount (ttyname in) console)))
+ (bind-mount tty console)))
;; Setup standard input/output/error.
(symlink "/proc/self/fd" (scope "/dev/fd"))
@@ -229,6 +237,8 @@ host user identifiers to map into the user namespace."
namespaces)))
(lambda args
;; Forward the exception to the parent process.
+ ;; FIXME: SRFI-35 conditions and non-trivial objects
+ ;; cannot be 'read' so they shouldn't be written as is.
(write args child)
(primitive-exit 3))))
;; TODO: Manage capabilities.
@@ -318,3 +328,21 @@ return the exit status."
(match (waitpid pid)
((_ . status)
(status:exit-val status))))))
+
+(define (container-excursion* pid thunk)
+ "Like 'container-excursion', but return the return value of THUNK."
+ (match (pipe)
+ ((in . out)
+ (match (container-excursion pid
+ (lambda ()
+ (close-port in)
+ (write (thunk) out)))
+ (0
+ (close-port out)
+ (let ((result (read in)))
+ (close-port in)
+ result))
+ (_ ;maybe PID died already
+ (close-port out)
+ (close-port in)
+ #f)))))