Patch #838546: Make terminal become controlling in pty.fork().

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

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 @@ def fork():
         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