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Date:      Sun, 07 Mar 1999 21:25:51 +0300
From:      Dmitrij Tejblum <tejblum@arc.hq.cti.ru>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>
Cc:        committers@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: getopt 
Message-ID:  <199903071825.VAA63337@arc.hq.cti.ru>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 07 Mar 1999 11:57:37 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.990307115252.14279A-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com> 

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> 
> We have a problem.
> 
> 'getopt' is not included in the base tree (it's a GNU thing) 

You mean GNU getopt. getopt(3) is a standard UNIX function and in libc.

> and many
> ports depend on it. There have been proposed solutions to fix this
> (ports/8838), but none of them feel right to me.

Sometimes I think we should install GNU libiberty. There are already several 
complete copies in the source tree, not to mention parts of it in different gnu 
directories (like diff). We already build libiberty in binutils, for example, 
so installing it as easy as removing a line in a makefile.

Dima




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