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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:21:51 +0200
From: Mike Dornberger <Mike DOT Dornberger AT gmx DOT de>
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Subject: /usr/bin/getopt doesn't honor the -n option
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Hello,

`man 1 getopt' describes the -n/--name option as follows:

  | The  name  that  will  be used by the getopt(3) routines when it
  | reports errors. Note that errors of getopt(1) are still reported
  | as coming from getopt.

But the -n option isn't honored:

$ /usr/bin/getopt -n myprog -o abc -- -x
getopt: unknown option -- x
 --

$ LANG=C LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/getopt --version
getopt from util-linux 2.21

I tested under Debian Squeeze (getopt from util-linux 2.17.2) to see
that I did understand the description right:

$ /usr/bin/getopt -n myprog -o abc -- -x
myprog: invalid option -- 'x'
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Sincerely,
 Mike Dornberger

PS: Please Cc: me on replies since I'm not subscribed to the list.

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