@subsection @code{openpty}
@findex openpty
-Gnulib module: pty
+Gnulib module: openpty
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 11 2010-11.
+@item
One some systems (at least including Cygwin, Interix, OSF/1 4 and 5,
and Mac OS X) linking with @code{-lutil} is not required.
@item
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.
+@item
+Some platforms declare the function without marking the last two
+parameters @code{const}.
+FreeBSD, Cygwin 1.7.1.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-On some systems (at least including Solaris and HP-UX) the function is
-missing.
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+mingw.
+@item
+After a successful call to @code{openpty}, the application needs to close
+the master's file descriptor before closing the slave's file descriptor,
+otherwise the process may hang in a state where it cannot be killed, on
+some platforms: MacOS X 10.4.11.
@end itemize