Theo de Raadt <[email protected]> wrote:

> > - posix_openpt(), grantpt(), unlockpt() and ptsname(), and
> > - utmpx.
> > 
> > This causes a real burden on people trying to write network login
> > services, terminal emulators, terminal multiplexers, etc.
> 
> You are killing us with hyperbole.

Well, I have been waiting for some time for porters to run against
a wall because of the lack of posix_openpt() etc, but so far it
hasn't happened yet.

I certainly don't think it's a burden on third party developers--they'll
just shrug and ignore us.

(app/luit in xenocara was broken until I fixed it to use openpty();
the upstream of net/rtorrent essentially told me to shove it if we
didn't support the POSIX interface and ignored my patch, but that
was for a configure test and isn't even really used in the program.)

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          [email protected]

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