Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/make
To: None <ross@netbsd.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 02/06/2004 11:56:44
Ross Harvey <ross@netbsd.org> writes:
> Parse args with open code to eliminate use of getopt(3).
> No functional change under NetBSD.
>
> Restarting a getopt(3) loop is an extension to the posix getopt(3)
> behavior and is not portable.
>
> Fixes tools build (tools/groff) under Cygwin.
Why not just include our getopt in the compat library?
Perry