Re: lib/55350: NetBSD does not have getopt_long_only(3)

[Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/55350; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost>
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
 lib-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost,
 gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
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Subject: Re: lib/55350: NetBSD does not have getopt_long_only(3)
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 19:19:06 -0400

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 I am torn on that one... It is an ugly interface... I am all for =
 compatibility but one can just do #define getopt_option_long_only =
 getopt_option_long with the only functional difference that -long-option =
 does not work and needs to be entered as --long-option.
 
 christos
 
 > On Jun 5, 2020, at 7:16 PM, Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost> wrote:
 >=20
 >=20
 >> On Jun 5, 2020, at 3:20 PM, Kamil Rytarowski <kamil%netbsd.org@localhost> =
 wrote:
 >>=20
 >> Last time I worked on it, there was a decision to not implement it.
 >=20
 > If it's for broader compatibility, why would we not provide it?  Seems =
 ridiculous.
 >=20
 > -- thorpej
 
 
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