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



On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 04:16:37PM -0700, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> 
> > On Jun 5, 2020, at 3:20 PM, Kamil Rytarowski <kamil%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> > 
> > Last time I worked on it, there was a decision to not implement it.
> 
> If it's for broader compatibility, why would we not provide it?  Seems ridiculous.

It's only used by certain GNU programs with a horrible inconsistent CLI.
Using it can be considered a huge bug in the program. It really
shouldn't be added.

Joerg


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