Expect

I've been having problems with the expect package, which is part
of the tcltk distribution.  The problem is essentially the TIOCSCTTY
error as reported below from the Expect FAQ.  [Note, not all expect
scripts have this problem, just the ones that allocate ptys.
Unfortunately, this means most (all?) dejanew tests fail.]

I am working with a R4 system, upgraded to egcs-1.1.1-1c,
binutils-2.9.1-19b and glibc-0.961212-1o.

The rest of the tcltk package (tcl-8.0.3-20b, tk-8.0.3-20b,
tix-4.1.0.6-20b and tclx-8.0.3-20b) all compile and install
and test ok.  Expect 5.25, 5.26 and 5.28 all fail.

The FAQ entries quoted below suggest that maybe this is the old
glibc 1.99 != 2 problem in another form

Anyone have any ideas?

From the Expect 5.28 FAQ:
#52. Why does Expect fail on RedHat 5.0?

Lots of people have reported the following error from Expect on
RedHat 5.0:

failed to get controlling terminal using TIOCSCTTY
parent sync byte write: broken pipe

Martin Bly [off-list ref] reports that:

The fault is/was in the GNU libc (aka glibc) provided by Red Hat
Software.  Our sysadmin updated the version of the C libraries we have
installed and both problems have vanished - in the case of the expect
test, without a rebuild.
======================================================================

#53. Why does Expect fail on RedHat 5.1?

People have reported the following error from Expect on RedHat
5.1:

failed to get controlling terminal using TIOCSCTTY
parent sync byte write: broken pipe

If there are any people
who have some debugging experience and can reproduce that error on
RedHat 5.1, read on:

First look in the man page (or perhaps diff the 5.1 and pre-5.1 man
pages) governing TIOCSTTY and let me know what you find.
Alternatively look at the source to xterm (or some other program that
must allocate a pty) and see how it is allocating a pty.

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