Not only xterm.  The last time I built a i386 kernel without COMPAT_43
enabled, it found the console OK, but it couldn't find /dev/tty if I
logged in on the console, as evidenced by:

Warning:  No access to /dev/tty, thus no job control in this shell.
relayer 1#


Mike Long sez:
/*
 * 
 * >Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 10:37:17 -0500 (EST)
 * >From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
 * 
 * >What exactly *IS* COMPAT_43 for, anyway? I mean, its not like I have
 * >all these old BSD 4.3 binaries sitting around for my box...
 * 
 * COMPAT_43 includes support for 4.3BSD APIs, like sgtty.  Some
 * software, e.g. xterm, won't work without sgtty support.
 * -- 
 * Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>     <URL:http://www.shore.net/~mikel>
 * VLSI Design Engineer         finger mikel@shore.net for PGP public key
 * Analog Devices, CPD Division          CCBF225E7D3F7ECB2C8F7ABB15D9BE7B
 * Norwood, MA 02062 USA       (eq (opinion 'ADI) (opinion 'mike)) -> nil
 */





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