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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 01:46:07 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Kazuhiro Fujieda <fujieda AT jaist DOT ac DOT jp>
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Subject: Re: release schedule and a problem on getopt_long.
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Kazuhiro Fujieda wrote:

> By the way, I seemed to find a problem in getopt_long causing
> a trouble for cygpath and strace. I'm tracking down it now.
> Please wait a moment for the release of 1.3.11.

Speaking of cygwin's getopt implementation, I recently ran in to a 
problem with gettext.  It failed its own selftests when using cygwin's 
implementation, because cygwin's version hardcodes POSIXLY_CORRECT, 
which prevents reordering arguments.  Gettext's test suite depends on 
reordering.

Not really a problem; I simply linked in gettext's copy of the GNU 
version of the getopt functions.  But. I am curious why cygwin's 
implementation forces POSIXLY_CORRECT.  Anybody know?

--Chuck