Re: pkg/56936: posix_openpt(O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY) fails when configuring pkgsrc/x11/mlterm

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/56936; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/56936: posix_openpt(O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY) fails when
 configuring pkgsrc/x11/mlterm
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 22:37:44 +0000

 On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 11:20:01AM +0000, rokuyama.rk%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
  > For official package build of pkgsrc-2022Q[12] and -2021Q4 for amd64,
  > i386, and aarch64 (for 9.0), this test failed and configure fell back
  > to old BSD pty.
  > 
  > Also, there is report on netbsd-users@, in which x11/mlterm is
  > misconfigured for NetBSD/amd64 9.2:
  > 
  > https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2022/07/21/msg028733.html
  > 
  > On the other hand, for pkgsrc-current for NetBSD/amd64 9.0:
  > 
  > http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/amd64/.9.0-current-2022-07-15-22.09-being-update/All/mlterm-3.9.2nb3.tgz
  > 
  > this test succeeded, and mlterm uses posix_openpt(3) appropriately.
  > 
  > Also, I could not reproduce the problem by myself for freshly-installed
  > NetBSD/amd64 9.2:
  > 
  > - Manually compiled conftest.c above passes as expected.
  > - x11/mlterm from pkgsrc-2022Q2 is successfully configured to use
  >   posix_openpt(3).
 
 Someone needs to check config.log from a machine where it failed to
 see what the error message is.
 
 It's almost certainly something silly.
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost