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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/build/linux-container.scm | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-container.scm b/gnu/build/linux-container.scm index b71d6a5f88..cd71239527 100644 --- a/gnu/build/linux-container.scm +++ b/gnu/build/linux-container.scm @@ -128,13 +128,19 @@ 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")) |