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From: | "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net> |
To: | "Patrick Eisenacher" <eisenacher AT fillmore-labs DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> |
References: | <3F2F92F4 DOT 7030906 AT fillmore-labs DOT com> <025d01c35b48$33c5cd80$017c883e AT starfruit> <3F2FA3A2 DOT 5030706 AT fillmore-labs DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: getopt & output reordering |
Date: | Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:38:29 +0100 |
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Patrick Eisenacher wrote: > Hi Max, > > thanks for your quick response. Indeed, setting the > POSIXLY_INCORRECT_GETOPT environment variable did the trick and produces > a result that is in synch with the man page. > > Since I don't know anything about the various flavours of getopts around > and what is posixly correct and what not, and I guess a lot of other > users don't know neither, how about updating the man pages to be in > synch with the current behaviour and adding a paragraph on the > POSIXLY_INCORRECT_GETOPT stuff? PTC. Given this: >> ... because getopt is statically linked, this only works for >> programs rebuilt since this change was made, and many haven't been yet. such a patch is unlikely to be commited until after 1.5 has been released, as most stuff will have been recompiled by then. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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