From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_EF,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from sourceware.org (server1.sourceware.org [209.132.180.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37E231F463 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:45:37 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s=default; b=llXN kiVA9Pf1ob5lc1HpXWA+jiDS1/yDpPLkpO8sMbDb5Gw/2xl7QsWJORiB++pN+0M8 YDOl2m/dA4PPcn2L/ZMYpth6NnBVck3J0bgPqPzID5ByEdE2VJ15hRvX4uynsrm3 v4M1BbxmdaqdLrxK+YlPDgfJowkxY8I/kZcIS7Y= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=KKL/akCg/x xvtbI/DeV6rAr4u7g=; b=QX0oHM+wQU+AcdxqQwGZ3wxVwHsxKiHYoZzvTxptd0 FhDjMH5JmRXYG7CdpiP27s6Rz3YS3s89ienr1tU7N+4lY3vEIdk0R3LsZOUjeyN1 0eYesXvJlA+kO7B28nUVGRLNnLdaCtli61JmALwvF5eKsj1JXYHOUug5+7c7zNou 4= Received: (qmail 104422 invoked by alias); 31 Dec 2019 16:45:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libc-alpha-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 104374 invoked by uid 89); 31 Dec 2019 16:45:31 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-HELO: hera.aquilenet.fr Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:45:25 +0100 From: Samuel Thibault To: Florian Weimer Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: Re: posix_openpt vs getpt?? Message-ID: <20191231164525.ps7mpnh3p4huxlu3@function> References: <20191230213550.icqt2er7dwnxcrrb@function> <87a778mxta.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <20191231163803.rbcctlhvyhwdrxqv@function> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191231163803.rbcctlhvyhwdrxqv@function> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170609 (1.8.3) One thing I'm unsure of: the Linux manpage says It is equivalent to open("/dev/ptmx", O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY); But the Linux implementation is int fd = __posix_openpt (O_RDWR); Is getpt supposed to set the controlling tty or not? Since the Linux behavior has been not to set O_NOCTTY since its introduction in 1998, I guess applications assumes !O_NOCTTY and it's the manpage which needs to be fixed? Samuel