matthew green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > On Sat, 2 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > getopt is in libiberty. It's also in glibc, and people have a bad > > > habit of not checking for that in configure. I'm thinking about > > > packaging libiberty, and > > > > Also a BSD-licensed getopt (and getopt_long) is available in the NetBSD > > libc. > > But behaves differently to GNU getopt_long, as regards its handling of > the arguments '-' and '--' > > it does? this sounds like a bug. it should be compatible.
Clearly it would be nice if they were compatible; OTOH persuading either set of authors that they should use the other set's behaviour sounds like a loosing battle to me. Matthew -- "At least you know where you are with Microsoft." "True. I just wish I'd brought a paddle." http://www.debian.org
