Bug 689080

Summary:	x11-terms/xterm-351: fails to start with 'open ttydev: I/O error' on musl-libc
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Yed <yedvilun>
Component:	Hardened	Assignee:	Gentoo musl team <musl>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	major	CC:	johannes.geiss, johu
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	NeedPatch, PullRequest
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/26523
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Yed 2019-07-01 13:31:34 UTC

On a gentoo hardened musl new system, xterm fails to start.
There is a patch from alpine linux that fix the problem:

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/tree/community/xterm/posix-ptys.patch?h=3.10-stable

Comment 1 Max Tottenham 2020-05-03 22:46:27 UTC

Confirmed. I have been able to duplicate this issue. When started xterm produces:

open ttydev: I/O error
open ttydev: I/O error
open ttydev: I/O error
open ttydev: I/O error
....


With the applied patch xterm starts normally.

Comment 2 Michael 'veremitz' Everitt 2020-05-04 06:06:36 UTC

Verified same issue here also.

Patch fixes on -351 and -353.

@johu, do you might carrying patch in ::gentoo ? shouldn't affect glibc builds adversely.