--- bsd-games-2.17/backgammon/common_source/subs.c.orig	2003-12-16 18:47:37.000000000 -0800
+++ bsd-games-2.17/backgammon/common_source/subs.c	2014-07-07 08:44:22.776100529 -0700
@@ -437,8 +437,11 @@
 	if (tflag)
 		newpos();
 	buflush();
-	if (tcsetattr(0, TCSADRAIN, t) < 0)
-		errexit("fixtty");
+	if (tcsetattr(0, TCSADRAIN, t) < 0) {
+		/* calling errexit("fixtty") leads to infinite recursion */
+		perror("\nfixtty");
+		exit(1);
+	}
 }
 
 void