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Date:      Sat, 28 Sep 2002 22:16:18 -0700
From:      Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, Eric Melville <eric@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/include Makefile getopt.h src/lib/libc/stdlib Makefile.inc getopt_long.3 getopt_long.c
Message-ID:  <20020928221618.A98310@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020929010354.B622@espresso.q9media.com>; from mike@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 01:03:54AM -0400
References:  <200209290414.g8T4EbCp043463@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020929044029.GA25349@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020929044137.GB14475@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020929010354.B622@espresso.q9media.com>

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* De: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> [ Data: 2002-09-28 ]
	[ Subjecte: Re: cvs commit: src/include Makefile getopt.h src/lib/libc/stdlib Makefile.inc getopt_long.3 getopt_long.c ]
> > 
> > NetBSD's pax uses this for longopt support in tar compatibility mode.
> 
> Is this the extent to which it will be used in the base system?

Hopefully, and we need to get something into style(9) setting the precedent
ASAP.

"The getopt_long(3) facility is included only for third-party programs
and may not be used by the base system except in third-party code."
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