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From: Yuri Karaban <ura@sphinx.univ.kiev.ua>
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: gnu getopt in libc
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> > > so why dont replace libc/stdlib/getopt.c by gnu version ?
> > 
> > 1) because it is nonstandard
> > 2) it is GPL contaminated which we cannot use in libc.
> 
> NetBSD have a BSDL'ed getopt_long() in their libc.  It's required for
> GNU tar longopt support in pax(1) - I have an almost complete port of
> both in my tree.
Does the NetBSD getopt support the optional arguments and options reorder ?

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