Here is a very quick patch that seems to work to support the new /dev/pts on linux glibc2.1. Obviously, better integration is needed. I suppose HAVE_GETPT needs to be added to autoconf. retrieving revision 1.11.2.5 diff -u -r1.11.2.5 process-unix.c --- process-unix.c 1998/12/29 10:54:27 1.11.2.5 +++ process-unix.c 1999/07/26 02:39:07 ＠＠ -216,6 +216,23 ＠＠ int fd; int c; +#ifdef LINUX +#define HAVE_GETPT +#endif + +#ifdef HAVE_GETPT +#define PTY_ITERATION +#define PTY_OPEN \ + { \ + int e; \ + fd = getpt(); \ + if (fd < 0) return fd; \ + if ((e = grantpt (fd)) < 0) return e; \ + if ((e = unlockpt (fd)) < 0) return e; \ + } +#define PTY_TTY_NAME_SPRINTF ptsname_r (fd, pty_name, sizeof (pty_name)); +#endif + #ifdef PTY_ITERATION PTY_ITERATION #else ＠＠ -265,7 +282,7 ＠＠ if (access (pty_name, 6) != 0) { close (fd); -#if !defined(IRIS) && !defined(__sgi) +#if !defined(IRIS) && !defined(__sgi) && !defined (HAVE_GETPT) continue; #else return -1;