Re: Setting process-connection-type to nil on Carbon Emacs is broken

[Stefan Monnier]

> > When process-connection-type is set to nil, Tramp does not work with
> > the ssh connection method.  Nor does ssh work in a *shell* buffer,
> > outputting a "Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is
> > not a terminal." error message.  [...]
> 
> Thank you for the report.  This is a known bug.  There seems to be a
> problem with the implementation of pty's in Mac OS X.  I'll put
> something in the PROBLEMS file to warn people about it.

This needs to be get fixed at some point.
If it is believed to be a bug in the OS X kernel, has it been reported ?
Is there a small test program that demonstrate the problem (so that you
can't blame Emacs) ?
Does it affect other programs (I haven't heard any such thing yet) ?
If not, why not ?


        Stefan