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bug#42059: 26.3; OpenBSD now has posix_openpt(3)
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#42059: 26.3; OpenBSD now has posix_openpt(3) |
Date: |
Tue, 30 Jun 2020 18:36:59 +0300 |
> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org>
> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 16:24:55 +0200
> Cc: 42059@debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>
> Thank you for the detailed explanation, and I think applying your patch will
> be all right -- 7 years is a long time in the security-conscious OpenBSD
> world. It would probably need an update to the NEWS file, though.
>
> Eli, do you have any objection to the patch by Yasuoka-san, assuming that it
> limits the OpenBSD support to version 5.3 or newer?
> Presumably the patch would be for Emacs 28, unless there are strong
> security/reliability reasons for Emacs 27.
As I wrote, I'd prefer to hear the opinions of OpenBSD maintainers, if
possible. I don't feel we know enough about that OS to make such
decisions on our own.
Alternatively, adding a compatibility feature whereby it would be
possible to build Emacs on OpenBSD without this change, would allow us
to go ahead even without asking the OpenBSD folks.
IOW, I don't want to drop support of old OpenBSD versions so easily.
Thanks.