Re: upgrading past 8.2.2918 loses access to /dev/tty from athena gvim

> macos-10.14.6
> ./configure --disable-darwin --with-x --enable-gui=athena --with-features=huge
>
> I just upgraded vim from approximately 8.2.2550 to 8.2.3501
> and something important has stopped working (from gvim).
>
> I have an autocommand group for editing gpg1-encrypted files.
> It executes gpg1 via a shell and that requires access to /dev/tty.
>
> Before the upgrade, it worked in vim and (athena) gvim (i.e.
> it would ask me for the passphrase). After the upgrade, it no
> longer works in athena gvim. gpg reports:
>
> gpg: cannot open tty `/dev/tty': Device not configured
>
> The last version where this works is 8.2.2918.
> The first version that doesn't work is:
>
> 8.2.2919: using ":!command" does not work if it uses posix_spawn()
>
> That patch removed this:
>
> diff --git a/src/os_unix.c b/src/os_unix.c
> index 20c61106f..0a4f0e698 100644
> --- a/src/os_unix.c
> +++ b/src/os_unix.c
> @@ -4775,11 +4775,6 @@ mch_call_shell_fork(
> // push stream discipline modules
> if (options & SHELL_COOKED)
> setup_slavepty(pty_slave_fd);
> -# ifdef TIOCSCTTY
> - // Try to become controlling tty (probably doesn't work,
> - // unless run by root)
> - ioctl(pty_slave_fd, TIOCSCTTY, (char *)NULL);
> -# endif
> }
> # endif
> set_default_child_environment(FALSE);
>
> If I run :!tty, it outputs /dev/ttys007, so I tried
> replacing "!gpg1" in the commands with "!GPG_TTY=`tty` gpg1"
> in the latest version, but that didn't work.
>
> Any idea what I need to do to restore access to /dev/tty
> from the athena gui? Or do I have to downgrade to 8.2.2918
> and stay there?

Since more than one person complained about this, and it still doesn't
fully work with zsh, I'll revert 8.2.2919. For zsh we need to find a
different solution.

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