[swift-dev] Failed to launch REPL process

[Alex Blewitt]

> On 24 Oct 2017, at 18:19, Ron Olson <tachoknight at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex-
> 
> Thanks for the info, but this isn't in a Docker container, just a regular Linux VM.

Ah, sorry - my bad. I saw Docker in the message with the problem and didn't see the 'not' ;-)

> As an additional bit of info, I ran the build script on my Fedora laptop, and it works just fine; the REPL starts right up. I'd be surprised and confused if this was truly a VM (in this case, VMware ESXi) issue, but stranger things have happened I guess.

You can also see this issue if your VM/OS is running under something like selinux or apparmor. You'd have to look into what OS your VM is running to confirm (and compare it with the configuration you have on your laptop).

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SELinuxDenyPtrace <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SELinuxDenyPtrace> 
http://wiki.apparmor.net/index.php/AppArmor_Core_Policy_Reference <http://wiki.apparmor.net/index.php/AppArmor_Core_Policy_Reference>

I would have a look to see if either of these settings are denying the PTrace mechanism, which is similar in effect to Docker's runtime options but configured in a slightly different way.

Alex
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