Package: dnet-progs Version: 2.64 When connecting to a linux box from a VMS box using the cterm protocol from DECNet, the error message:
No ptys available for connection is returned. This comes from a codepath in ctermd.c which shouldnt be taken, which tries to open traditional pty devices from a static /dev. If cterm is compiled with -DDNETUSE_DEVPTS then devpts is used. Unfortunately the check for devpts in Makefile.common int he package root is incorrect, and looks for libutil.so in an incorrect location in modern systems. Fixing Makefile.common to search for libutil.so in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil.so fixes the check and compiles ctermd correctly, making it use the devpts codepath and allowing connection from VMS.