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diff --git a/lib/posix_openpt.c b/lib/posix_openpt.c
index d2e585a68..11dc22932 100644
--- a/lib/posix_openpt.c
+++ b/lib/posix_openpt.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Open the master side of a pseudo-terminal.
-   Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2010-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -26,6 +26,25 @@
 # include <sys/tty.h>
 #endif
 
+/* posix_openpt() is already provided on
+     glibc >= 2.2.1 (but is a stub on GNU/Hurd),
+     Mac OS X >= 10.4,
+     FreeBSD >= 5.1 (lived in src/lib/libc/stdlib/grantpt.c before 8.0),
+     NetBSD >= 3.0,
+     AIX >= 5.2, HP-UX >= 11.31, Solaris >= 10, Cygwin >= 1.7.
+   Thus, this replacement function is compiled on
+     Mac OS X 10.3, OpenBSD 4.9, 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.
+   Among these:
+     - AIX has /dev/ptc.
+     - HP-UX 10..11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 2.6..9, Cygwin 1.5
+       have /dev/ptmx.
+     - HP-UX 10..11 also has /dev/ptym/clone, but this should not be needed.
+     - OpenBSD 4.9 has /dev/ptm and the PTMGET ioctl.
+     - Minix 3.1.8 have a list of pseudo-terminal devices in /dev.
+     - On native Windows, there are no ttys at all.  */
+
 int
 posix_openpt (int flags)
 {
@@ -68,11 +87,21 @@ posix_openpt (int flags)
   else
     master = -1;
 
-#else /* MacOS X, Minix, HP-UX, IRIX, OSF/1, Solaris 9, Cygwin 1.5 */
+#else /* Mac OS X, Minix, HP-UX, IRIX, OSF/1, Solaris 9, Cygwin 1.5 */
 
   /* Most systems that lack posix_openpt() have /dev/ptmx.  */
   master = open ("/dev/ptmx", flags);
 
+  /* If all this does not work, we could try to open, one by one:
+     - On Mac OS X: /dev/pty[p-w][0-9a-f]
+     - On *BSD:     /dev/pty[p-sP-S][0-9a-v]
+     - On Minix:    /dev/pty[p-q][0-9a-f]
+     - On AIX:      /dev/ptyp[0-9a-f]
+     - On HP-UX:    /dev/pty[p-r][0-9a-f]
+     - On OSF/1:    /dev/pty[p-q][0-9a-f]
+     - On Solaris:  /dev/pty[p-r][0-9a-f]
+   */
+
 #endif
 
   return master;