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Date:      Sun, 23 Dec 2001 11:44:07 +0200
From:      Yuri Karaban <ura@sphinx.univ.kiev.ua>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gnu getopt in libc
Message-ID:  <20011223094407.GA31337@sphinx.univ.kiev.ua>
In-Reply-To: <20011222212453.A91247@citusc17.usc.edu>
References:  <20011222132030.GA19596@sphinx.univ.kiev.ua> <20011222201930.B9DEF38CC@overcee.netplex.com.au> <20011222212453.A91247@citusc17.usc.edu>

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> > > so why dont replace libc/stdlib/getopt.c by gnu version ?
> > 
> > 1) because it is nonstandard
> > 2) it is GPL contaminated which we cannot use in libc.
> 
> 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 ?

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