changeset 15965:d646eaed80e3

posix_openpt: Fix compilation error. * lib/posix_openpt.c (posix_openpt): Renamed from posix_openpty. * doc/posix-functions/posix_openpt.texi: Mention ENOENT error code. Mention the openpty module as an alternative.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:49:39 +0200
parents 916745fe55a6
children 427ccc55d08a
files ChangeLog doc/posix-functions/posix_openpt.texi lib/posix_openpt.c
diffstat 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-10-19  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	posix_openpt: Fix compilation error.
+	* lib/posix_openpt.c (posix_openpt): Renamed from posix_openpty.
+	* doc/posix-functions/posix_openpt.texi: Mention ENOENT error code.
+	Mention the openpty module as an alternative.
+
 2011-10-19  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	Support for old NeXTstep 3.3 frexp().
--- a/doc/posix-functions/posix_openpt.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/posix_openpt.texi
@@ -12,9 +12,15 @@
 This function is missing on some platforms:
 MacOS X 10.3, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1,
 Solaris 9, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
-However, the replacement may fail with ENOSYS on some platforms.
+However, the replacement may fail with @code{ENOSYS} or @code{ENOENT} on
+some platforms.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @end itemize
+
+Note that when using this function to open the master side of a
+pseudo-terminal, you still need platform dependent code to open the
+corresponding slave side.  The Gnulib module @code{openpty} provides
+an easy-to-use API that does both at once.
--- a/lib/posix_openpt.c
+++ b/lib/posix_openpt.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 int
-posix_openpty (int flags)
+posix_openpt (int flags)
 {
   int master;