On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 15:30 +0200, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> On 23-10-2009 14:28:17 +0100, Alan Hourihane wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 15:14 +0200, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> > > On 23-10-2009 11:00:14 +0200, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> > > > On 23-10-2009 10:15:11 +0200, Markus Duft wrote:
> > > > > it seems that the code using os.pipe() seems either broken or the
> > > > > interix implementation of that python code is broken... whichever it is
> > > > > - it's bad ...  :(
> > > > > 
> > > > > Could you (grobian), please add "Interix" to the existing white list for
> > > > > openpty platforms?
> > > > 
> > > > geez... Interix really sucks.  Anyway, if you add it to 701, does it
> > > > work then, or does it hang in that case?
> > > 
> > > hmm that check in portage looks totally broken to me, and makes
> > > sparc/solaris hang too...
> > 
> > Which area is this as I've noticed FreeMiNT's emerging process takes
> > much longer at the moment.
> 
> usr/lib/portage/pym/portage/__init__.py
> 
> look for openpty
> 
> there is a bit of code to test whether this can work or not also
> involving python 3.1

O.k. I'll take a look.

> I also feel everything got slower

It has, most definitely. On slower platforms this can be painful, but
before it was actually quite snappy.

Alan.