Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 12:57:53 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: "S.B." <sb@no.spam.mlode.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NewBie Needs HELP please !! Message-ID: <3CF3E141.DD50721E@mindspring.com> References: <011a01c2066c$5c7c9ba0$46ad1fd0@mlode.com>
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"S.B." wrote: > > Part 1.1 Type: Plain Text (text/plain) > Encoding: quoted-printable I'll help: 1) Questions should be sent to the "-questions" mailing list 2) Don't send HTML to mailing lists 3) Don't send MIME to mailing lists, even if it's only something that contains a text/plain: most people will not open your attachment, since most people are not morons 4) getopt_long is a GNU getopt thing to allow you to use "GNU long options", as opposed to single character options; thus you need to make the port depend on the GNU getopt port, OR you need to patch it to not use long options if it does not detect "getopt_long". If you want to use option 4(b), here is the code you need to add to your patch: http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/autoconf/2000-December/009171.html (Note that this problem has been hanging out for a year and a half now). My personal preference is 4(b), but I suspect that getopt_long was added not to "prettify" the option names, but to add more options to the program than God had available when creating the universe. 8-(. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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