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26.3; OpenBSD now has posix_openpt(3)

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: YASUOKA Masahiko <yasuoka <at> yasuoka.net>
Cc: mattiase <at> acm.org, 42059 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42059: 26.3; OpenBSD now has posix_openpt(3)
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 17:32:01 +0300

> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 22:49:29 +0900 (JST)
> From: YASUOKA Masahiko <yasuoka <at> yasuoka.net>
> Cc: 42059 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 13:52:21 +0200
> Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org> wrote:
> > Thanks for the patch! I'd be happy to apply it, but first: can you
> > confirm that older OpenBSD versions are still able to build Emacs with
> > that patch applied, or argue that this is a lesser problem?
> 
> Although old versions might become not able to build Emacs with the
> patch, I suggest Emacs should have the patch.
> 
> Firstly the versions are too old.  posix_openpt(3) had been introduced
> to OpenBSD at OpenBSD 5.3, it was 7 years ago and 14 versions before
> the latest.  It was 6 years ago when the last version which doesn't
> have posix_openpt(3) became out of support.

Would it be possible to contact the OpenBSD developers and/or the
persons who prepare the Emacs distros for OpenBSD, and ask for their
opinion about this?  I mean, I wouldn't want to drop support for some
versions of an OS without at least consulting the relevant developers.

Thanks.

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