GNU getopt tries to do too much when it reorders the commandline and therefor needs the "+" as a workaround.
I don't suppose it matters at this point, but I fail to see the connection here. You can tell GNU getopt to REQUIRE_ORDER instead of PERMUTE without using +, either directly or setting POSIXLY_CORRECT in various ways. See the __ordering enum in getopt_int.h, for example. (Seems like you probably already know this, so maybe it's unsuitable somehow, if so, sorry for the noise.) Also, I don't agree that it is "doing too much" to have PERMUTE be the default for GNU. It is very useful for most programs. cvs has exceptional command-line parsing needs. Happy hacking, karl _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list Bug-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs