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-rw-r--r--src/buildstream/_frontend/cli.py12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/buildstream/_frontend/cli.py b/src/buildstream/_frontend/cli.py
index 9a753f77a..e9d67ca87 100644
--- a/src/buildstream/_frontend/cli.py
+++ b/src/buildstream/_frontend/cli.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import sys
from contextlib import ExitStack
from functools import partial
from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+import fcntl
import click
from .. import _yaml
@@ -191,6 +192,17 @@ def override_main(self, args=None, prog_name=None, complete_var=None,
# Regular client return for test cases
return
+ # Check output file descriptor at earliest opportunity, to
+ # provide a reasonable error message instead of a stack trace
+ # in the case that it is blocking
+ for stream in (sys.stdout, sys.stderr):
+ fileno = stream.fileno()
+ flags = fcntl.fcntl(fileno, fcntl.F_GETFL)
+ if flags & os.O_NONBLOCK:
+ click.echo("{} is currently set to O_NONBLOCK, try opening a new shell"
+ .format(stream.name), err=True)
+ sys.exit(-1)
+
original_main(self, args=args, prog_name=prog_name, complete_var=None,
standalone_mode=standalone_mode, **extra)