Set up a private /dev/pts in the chroot

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 7a78d55570b2..973e7a122f5f 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -2017,11 +2017,11 @@ void DerivationGoal::initChild()
                bind-mount the host /dev. */
             if (dirsInChroot.find("/dev") == dirsInChroot.end()) {
                 createDirs(chrootRootDir + "/dev/shm");
+                createDirs(chrootRootDir + "/dev/pts");
                 Strings ss;
                 ss.push_back("/dev/full");
                 ss.push_back("/dev/kvm");
                 ss.push_back("/dev/null");
-                ss.push_back("/dev/ptmx");
                 ss.push_back("/dev/random");
                 ss.push_back("/dev/tty");
                 ss.push_back("/dev/urandom");
@@ -2065,6 +2065,19 @@ void DerivationGoal::initChild()
             if (pathExists("/dev/shm") && mount("none", (chrootRootDir + "/dev/shm").c_str(), "tmpfs", 0, 0) == -1)
                 throw SysError("mounting /dev/shm");
 
+            /* Mount a new devpts on /dev/pts.  Note that this
+               requires the kernel to be compiled with
+               CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y (which is the case
+               if /dev/ptx/ptmx exists). */
+            if (pathExists("/dev/pts/ptmx") &&
+                !pathExists(chrootRootDir + "/dev/ptmx")
+                && dirsInChroot.find("/dev/pts") == dirsInChroot.end())
+            {
+                if (mount("none", (chrootRootDir + "/dev/pts").c_str(), "devpts", 0, "newinstance,mode=0620") == -1)
+                    throw SysError("mounting /dev/pts");
+                createSymlink("/dev/pts/ptmx", chrootRootDir + "/dev/ptmx");
+            }
+
             /* Do the chroot().  Below we do a chdir() to the
                temporary build directory to make sure the current
                directory is in the chroot.  (Actually the order
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.cc b/src/libstore/globals.cc
index af2fdfd57ace..86fa56739c5d 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ Settings::Settings()
     useSubstitutes = true;
     useChroot = false;
     useSshSubstituter = false;
-    dirsInChroot.insert("/dev/pts");
     impersonateLinux26 = false;
     keepLog = true;
     compressLog = true;