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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: NewBie Needs HELP please !!
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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

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