Re: Test failure when built without a controlling tty

[Graham Percival]

On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 04:59:12PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Mar 2010, Graham Percival wrote:
> > Thanks for the report; added as as High-priority build problem:
> > http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1028
> > 
> > However, we have many other problems with the same (or even higher)
> > priority.  Don't hold your breath waiting for a fix.  :(
> 
> Would it be reasonable to have it open /dev/null if /dev/tty isn't a
> device? [I haven't written much scheme, but assuming that's ok, I can
> whip it up later.]

That sounds reasonable, but I honestly know less about this than
you.  If it fixes it for you, and if it doesn't break anything
obvious when I compile the official release, then I'll accept the
patch.  (and if no more knowledgeable developers complain about it)

Cheers,
- Graham