From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Mar 7 10:26:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from arc.hq.cti.ru (arc.hq.cti.ru [195.34.40.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0106114D21; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 10:26:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tejblum@arc.hq.cti.ru) Received: from arc.hq.cti.ru (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arc.hq.cti.ru (8.9.2/8.9.0) with ESMTP id VAA63337; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 21:25:51 +0300 (MSK) Message-Id: <199903071825.VAA63337@arc.hq.cti.ru> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Bill Fumerola Cc: committers@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: getopt In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 07 Mar 1999 11:57:37 EST." Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 21:25:51 +0300 From: Dmitrij Tejblum Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message