Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:29:36 +0000 From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: adding a new lib for more advanced argument parsing Message-ID: <20100927012936.GA32352@freebsd.org>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
hi there, looking at applications such as geom (g_*), camcontrol, etc. makes one realise that getopt(3) is clearly not suitable for handling such complex options. camcontrol.c even contains a whole paragraph about why getopt(3) is considered not appropriate to handle camcontrol's argument parsing requirements (that was 1998!). why not do a vendor import of popt 1.16 e.g.? are there license restrictions? or maybe some other lib... cheers. alex -- a13x
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20100927012936.GA32352>