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Date:      Sun, 23 Dec 2001 05:25:08 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Yuri Karaban <ura@sphinx.univ.kiev.ua>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: gnu getopt in libc
Message-ID:  <20011223052508.A99762@citusc17.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20011223094407.GA31337@sphinx.univ.kiev.ua>; from ura@sphinx.univ.kiev.ua on Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 11:44:07AM %2B0200
References:  <20011222132030.GA19596@sphinx.univ.kiev.ua> <20011222201930.B9DEF38CC@overcee.netplex.com.au> <20011222212453.A91247@citusc17.usc.edu> <20011223094407.GA31337@sphinx.univ.kiev.ua>

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On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 11:44:07AM +0200, Yuri Karaban wrote:
> > > > so why dont replace libc/stdlib/getopt.c by gnu version ?
> > >=20
> > > 1) because it is nonstandard
> > > 2) it is GPL contaminated which we cannot use in libc.
> >=20
> > NetBSD have a BSDL'ed getopt_long() in their libc.  It's required for
> > GNU tar longopt support in pax(1) - I have an almost complete port of
> > both in my tree.
> Does the NetBSD getopt support the optional arguments and options reorder=
 ?

I don't know off-hand..I'm not even sure what you mean :)

Kris

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