Patch #838546: Make terminal become controlling in pty.fork().
Will backport to 2.5.
diff --git a/Lib/pty.py b/Lib/pty.py
index fae162d..889113c 100644
--- a/Lib/pty.py
+++ b/Lib/pty.py
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@
if (slave_fd > STDERR_FILENO):
os.close (slave_fd)
+ # Explicitly open the tty to make it become a controlling tty.
+ tmp_fd = os.open(os.ttyname(STDOUT_FILENO), os.O_RDWR)
+ os.close(tmp_fd)
+
# Parent and child process.
return pid, master_fd
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3409c8d..9f6d782 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@
Library
-------
+- Patch #838546: Make terminal become controlling in pty.fork()
+
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