Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 12:19:30 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Yuri Karaban <ura@sphinx.univ.kiev.ua> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gnu getopt in libc Message-ID: <20011222201930.B9DEF38CC@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20011222132030.GA19596@sphinx.univ.kiev.ua>
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Yuri Karaban wrote: > gnu getopt supports long options and can reorder option keys > so i can write: > some_program -a -b -c file1 file2 -d -e -f > > FreeBSD getopt in libc very simple it can recoginze only one letter > arguments, does not support optional arguments and arguments to > program may appear only at the beginning. > > 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. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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