run_erl problem on RedHat ES 4

[Serge Aleynikov]

OTP Team:

We ran accross the following issue with run_erl:

~>cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant)
~>cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.9-5.ELsmp (bhcompile@REDACTED) (gcc 
version 3.4.3 20041212 (Red Hat 3.4.3-9.EL4)) #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 19:30:39 
EST 2005

 >erts-5.4.9/bin/run_erl var/tmp/test var/log/test "ls"
run_erl [17489] Wed Oct 12 14:25:11 2005
Could not open pty master

Apparently this version of Linux doesn't have any /dev/pty devices 
installed:

 >ls -l /dev/p*
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      3 Aug 29 17:05 /dev/par0 -> lp0
crw-rw----  1 root lp    99, 0 Aug 29 13:04 /dev/parport0
crw-rw----  1 root lp    99, 1 Aug 29 13:04 /dev/parport1
crw-rw----  1 root lp    99, 2 Aug 29 13:04 /dev/parport2
crw-rw----  1 root lp    99, 3 Aug 29 13:04 /dev/parport3
crw-r-----  1 root kmem   1, 4 Aug 29 13:03 /dev/port
crw-------  1 root root 108, 0 Aug 29 13:04 /dev/ppp
crw-rw-rw-  1 root tty    5, 2 Oct 12 14:26 /dev/ptmx

/dev/pts:
total 0
crw--w----  1 dkorsun tty 136, 0 Sep 20 18:02 0
crw--w----  1 dkorsun tty 136, 1 Oct 12 10:38 1
crw--w----  1 serge   tty 136, 2 Oct 12 14:26 2

Is this an oversight in run_erl, or you could recommend a work-around?

Thanks.

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Serge Aleynikov
R&D Telecom, IDT Corp.
Tel: (973) 438-3436
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