Re: xsrc/39957: native xorg requires COMPAT_BSDPTY

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

The following reply was made to PR xsrc/39957; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
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Subject: Re: xsrc/39957: native xorg requires COMPAT_BSDPTY
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:37:02 -0500

 On Nov 19,  1:05pm, prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost (prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost) 
wrote:
 -- Subject: xsrc/39957: native xorg requires COMPAT_BSDPTY
 
 | >Number:         39957
 | >Category:       xsrc
 | >Synopsis:       native xorg requires COMPAT_BSDPTY
 | >Confidential:   no
 | >Severity:       non-critical
 | >Priority:       low
 | >Responsible:    xsrc-manager
 | >State:          open
 | >Class:          sw-bug
 | >Submitter-Id:   net
 | >Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 19 13:05:00 +0000 2008
 | >Originator:     Patrick Welche
 | >Release:        NetBSD 5.99.02
 | >Organization:
 | >Environment:
 | NetBSD-5.99.02/i386 of 18 Nov 2008
 | >Description:
 | Install and start native xorg, with a kernel compiled without
 | COMPAT_BSDPTY. .xsession-errors will show
 | 
 | xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory
 | Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys
 | 
 | This wasn't the case with native xfree86.
 | >How-To-Repeat:
 | See above.
 | >Fix:
 | The work around is trivial, just add COMPAT_BSDPTY (which is in GENERIC
 | anyway). I don't know what the real fix is, and am just noting the
 | change in behaviour.
 
 It should be using openpty() and __NetBSD__ is in the list of OS's to use
 openpty() in main.c. Something is fishy.
 
 christos