$OpenBSD: patch-src_tools_c,v 1.3 2004/01/12 05:37:11 jolan Exp $
--- src/tools.c.orig	2003-10-26 16:28:57.000000000 -0600
+++ src/tools.c	2004-01-11 22:32:57.000000000 -0600
@@ -559,6 +559,33 @@ guint i;
 }
 
 
+/* read a single char from a file descriptor. If the descriptor
+   says that it is not available, then try again up to 5 times,
+   before giving up.
+   Required for Mac OS 10.3
+*/
+
+static gint read_char(gint fd, gchar *c) {
+gint rc;
+gint retries;
+
+        retries = 5;
+
+        while (retries) {
+                rc = read(fd, c, 1);
+
+                /* all ok, read one char or EOF */
+                if (rc != -1) {
+                        return rc;
+                }
+
+                /* error code, try again after a little while */
+                usleep(100);
+                retries--;
+        }
+        return rc;
+}
+
 /*
  * Read a line from a descriptor.  Read the line one byte at a time,
  * looking for the newline. Works fine in nonblocking mode..here
@@ -576,7 +603,7 @@ gchar *str;
 	str = ptr;
  
         for (n = 1; n < maxlen; n++) {
-                if ( (rc = read(fd, &c, 1)) == 1) {
+                if ( (rc = read_char(fd, &c)) == 1) {
                         *ptr++ = c;
                         if (c == '\n') {
                                 break;