--- util/pty/getpty.c.orig	Fri Feb  6 19:46:42 1998
+++ util/pty/getpty.c	Mon Apr  5 14:00:07 1999
@@ -21,13 +21,26 @@
 #include "libpty.h"
 #include "pty-int.h"
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#define PTYCHARS1	"pqrsPQRS"
+#define PTYCHARS2	"0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuv"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PTYCHARS1
+#define PTYCHARS1	"pqrstuvwxyzPQRST"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PTYCHARS2
+#define PTYCHARS2	"0123456789abcdef"
+#endif
+
 long pty_getpty (fd, slave, slavelength)
     int slavelength;
     int *fd; char *slave;
 {
-    char *cp;
+    char *cp1, *cp2;
     char *p;
-    int i,ptynum;
+    int ptynum;
     struct stat stb;
     char slavebuf[1024];
 #ifdef HAVE__GETPTY
@@ -109,14 +122,14 @@
 	strncpy(slave, slavebuf, slavelength);
 	return 0;
     } else {
-    	for (cp = "pqrstuvwxyzPQRST";*cp; cp++) {
+    	for (cp1 = PTYCHARS1; *cp1 != '\0'; cp1++) {
 	    sprintf(slavebuf,"/dev/ptyXX");
-	    slavebuf[sizeof("/dev/pty") - 1] = *cp;
+	    slavebuf[sizeof("/dev/pty") - 1] = *cp1;
 	    slavebuf[sizeof("/dev/ptyp") - 1] = '0';
 	    if (stat(slavebuf, &stb) < 0)
 		break;
-	    for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
-		slavebuf[sizeof("/dev/ptyp") - 1] = "0123456789abcdef"[i];
+	    for (cp2 = PTYCHARS2; *cp2 != '\0'; cp2++) {
+		slavebuf[sizeof("/dev/ptyp") - 1] = *cp2;
 		*fd = open(slavebuf, O_RDWR);
 		if (*fd < 0) continue;