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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include Makefile getopt.h src/lib/libc/stdlib Makefile.inc getopt_long.3 getopt_long.c
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* De: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> [ Data: 2002-09-28 ]
	[ Subjecte: Re: cvs commit: src/include Makefile getopt.h src/lib/libc/stdlib Makefile.inc getopt_long.3 getopt_long.c ]
> > 
> > NetBSD's pax uses this for longopt support in tar compatibility mode.
> 
> Is this the extent to which it will be used in the base system?

Hopefully, and we need to get something into style(9) setting the precedent
ASAP.

"The getopt_long(3) facility is included only for third-party programs
and may not be used by the base system except in third-party code."
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