12.40.1 forkpty

Gnulib module: forkpty

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:

• This function is missing on some platforms: Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 11 2011-11.
• One some systems (at least including Cygwin, Interix, OSF/1 4 and 5, and Mac OS X) linking with -lutil is not required.
• On glibc, OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD linking with -lutil is required.
• The function is declared in pty.h on Cygwin, Interix, OSF/1 4 and 5, and glibc. It is declared in util.h on Mac OS X, OpenBSD and NetBSD. It is declared in libutil.h on FreeBSD.
• Some platforms declare the function without marking the last two parameters const. FreeBSD, Cygwin 1.7.1.

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:

• This function is missing on some platforms: mingw, MSVC 9.