[ruby-core:25014] [Bug #1973] PTY module ignores exception handling block; renders Expect useless

Bug #1973: PTY module ignores exception handling block; renders Expect useless
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1973

Author: Samuel Falvo
Status: Open, Priority: Urgent
ruby -v: ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [universal-darwin9.0]

I am attempting to control several servers remotely using SSH and Ruby's expect module.  Please see the following code:

128         print "Configuring #{host}..."
129
130         begin
131             reader, writer, pid = PTY.spawn("scp #{@configFile1} #{@configFile2} #{@user}@#{host}:")
132             reader.sync = true
133             writer.sync = true
134
135             reader.expect(/[pP]assword:|Are you sure/) do |rArray|
136                 response = rArray[0]
137
138                 if response =~ /Are you sure/
139                     writer.puts "yes"
140                 elsif response =~ /[pP]assword:/
141                     writer.puts @password
142                 else
143                     puts "WARNING: unrecognized response: #{response}"
144                 end
145             end
146         rescue PTY::ChildExited
147             puts "Swallowing PTY::ChildExited"
148         ensure
149             sleep(3)   # Give it 3 seconds to complete.
150             Process.kill('KILL', pid)
151         end

Attempting to execute this code results in an exception report:

Configuring myhost.mydomain.com..../deploy-dist-config.rb:131:in `run': pty - exited: 6879 (PTY::ChildExited)
	from ./geploy-dist-config.rb:127:in `each'
	from ./geploy-dist-config.rb:127:in `run'
	from ./geploy-dist-config.rb:200

Notice that it's resulting in an exception EVEN THOUGH I have wrapped the code in a begin/rescue/ensure/end block!!  I might as well not even have the begin/end block at all.

Trying to use Process#waitpid results in an eternal hang of my session.  Thus, the ONLY way recycle PTYs is to explicitly kill the process that PTY.spawn launched.  :-(

This is a deal-breaker for me; if I cannot find a work-around to this, I'm afraid I have to rewrite my software in another language and slip my schedule.  I *really* pray I don't have to do that.  I know an emergency on my part doesn't constitute an emergency on your part, but if I can be contacted about this as soon as possible, I would be much obliged.  This is blocking a corporate demo.

Thank you for your time and considerations.


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