- (popt): add POPT_ARGFLAG_OPTIONAL for long options with optional arg.

- (popt): diddle auto-help to include type of arg expected.

35 files changed, 140 insertions, 58 deletions

diff --git a/po/cs.po b/po/cs.po
index d81453b..b453b9f 100644
--- a/po/cs.po
+++ b/po/cs.po
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2000-08-23 22:24+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Milan Kerslager <milan.kerslager@spsselib.hiedu.cz>\n"
 "Language-Team: Czech <cs@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/da.po b/po/da.po
index ab784a5..348e8c2 100644
--- a/po/da.po
+++ b/po/da.po
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2000-03-07 05:17+01:00\n"
 "Last-Translator: K. Christiansen <kenneth@gnu.org>\n"
 "Language-Team: Danish/Dansk <dansk@klid.dk>\n"
diff --git a/po/de.po b/po/de.po
index 35c4226..92426ed 100644
--- a/po/de.po
+++ b/po/de.po
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/es.po b/po/es.po
index 35c4226..92426ed 100644
--- a/po/es.po
+++ b/po/es.po
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/fi.po b/po/fi.po
index 35c4226..92426ed 100644
--- a/po/fi.po
+++ b/po/fi.po
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/fr.po b/po/fr.po
index 35c4226..92426ed 100644
--- a/po/fr.po
+++ b/po/fr.po
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/gl.po b/po/gl.po
index 989e963..38f2893 100644
--- a/po/gl.po
+++ b/po/gl.po
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2000-01-06 20:31+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Jesús Bravo Álvarez <jba@pobox.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Galician <gpul-traduccion@ceu.fi.udc.es>\n"
diff --git a/po/hu.po b/po/hu.po
index 22b953f..d90a9ee 100644
--- a/po/hu.po
+++ b/po/hu.po
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2000-08-03 23:26+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: László Németh <nemeth@qwertynet.hu>\n"
 "Language-Team: Hungarian\n"
diff --git a/po/id.po b/po/id.po
index 35c4226..92426ed 100644
--- a/po/id.po
+++ b/po/id.po
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/is.po b/po/is.po
index 2e582b2..6d6d63d 100644
--- a/po/is.po
+++ b/po/is.po
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2000-06-16 02:12+0000\n"
 "Last-Translator: Richard Allen <ra@hp.is>\n"
 "Language-Team: is <kde-isl@mmedia.is>\n"
diff --git a/po/it.po b/po/it.po
index 35c4226..92426ed 100644
--- a/po/it.po
+++ b/po/it.po
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/ja.po b/po/ja.po
index 35c4226..92426ed 100644
--- a/po/ja.po
+++ b/po/ja.po
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/ko.po b/po/ko.po
index 35c4226..92426ed 100644
--- a/po/ko.po
+++ b/po/ko.po
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/no.po b/po/no.po
index 4443b98..4864b41 100644
--- a/po/no.po
+++ b/po/no.po
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2000-06-21 16:11+02:00\n"
 "Last-Translator: Kjartan Maraas <kmaraas@online.no>\n"
 "Language-Team: Norwegian <no@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/pl.po b/po/pl.po
index 35c4226..92426ed 100644
--- a/po/pl.po
+++ b/po/pl.po
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/popt.pot b/po/popt.pot
index 4fb4a86..acd8de0 100644
--- a/po/popt.pot
+++ b/po/popt.pot
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/pt.po b/po/pt.po
index 398e7f7..9b10b57 100644
--- a/po/pt.po
+++ b/po/pt.po
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2000-06-22 01:02+01:00\n"
 "Last-Translator: Pedro Morais <morais@kde.org>\n"
 "Language-Team: pt <morais@kde.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/pt_BR.po b/po/pt_BR.po
index 35c4226..92426ed 100644
--- a/po/pt_BR.po
+++ b/po/pt_BR.po
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/ro.po b/po/ro.po
index cf36c52..c721649 100644
--- a/po/ro.po
+++ b/po/ro.po
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2000-06-14 23:23+EST\n"
 "Last-Translator: Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Romanian <ro@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/ru.po b/po/ru.po
index 692381b..f8f053b 100644
--- a/po/ru.po
+++ b/po/ru.po
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2000-08-13 21:00+0300\n"
 "Last-Translator: Leon Kanter <leon@blackcatlinux.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Black Cat Linux Team <blackcat-support@blackcatlinux.com>\n"
diff --git a/po/sk.po b/po/sk.po
index 1a7cf7a..d17e683 100644
--- a/po/sk.po
+++ b/po/sk.po
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 1999-08-04 21:40+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: Stanislav Meduna <stano@eunet.sk>\n"
 "Language-Team: Slovak <sk-i18n@rak.isternet.sk>\n"
diff --git a/po/sl.po b/po/sl.po
index 35071ed..d332612 100644
--- a/po/sl.po
+++ b/po/sl.po
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2000-09-05 12:30+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: Roman Maurer <roman.maurer@hermes.si>\n"
 "Language-Team: Slovenian <sl@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/sr.po b/po/sr.po
index 35c4226..92426ed 100644
--- a/po/sr.po
+++ b/po/sr.po
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/sv.po b/po/sv.po
index 32fd97d..e2f1328 100644
--- a/po/sv.po
+++ b/po/sv.po
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2000-06-20 00:07+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: Christian Rose <menthos@menthos.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Swedish <sv@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/tr.po b/po/tr.po
index 8e5c43d..e528034 100644
--- a/po/tr.po
+++ b/po/tr.po
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2000-01-06 13:01+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Görkem Çetin <kabalak@gmx.net>\n"
 "Language-Team: Gelecek A.Ţ <gorkem@gelecek.com.tr>\n"
diff --git a/po/uk.po b/po/uk.po
index 94d6890..913a46a 100644
--- a/po/uk.po
+++ b/po/uk.po
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 1999-09-30 16:54+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: Yuri Syrota <rasta@renome.rovno.ua>\n"
 "Language-Team: Ukrainian <uk@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/wa.po b/po/wa.po
index 8731d70..c0c7ef5 100644
--- a/po/wa.po
+++ b/po/wa.po
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 1999-03-18 23:11+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Nobody yet\n"
 "Language-Team: walon <linux-wa@chanae.alphanet.ch>\n"
diff --git a/po/zh.po b/po/zh.po
index 35c4226..92426ed 100644
--- a/po/zh.po
+++ b/po/zh.po
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/zh_CN.GB2312.po b/po/zh_CN.GB2312.po
index 4459f61..64932fa 100644
--- a/po/zh_CN.GB2312.po
+++ b/po/zh_CN.GB2312.po
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: popt 1.6.1\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-30 14:24-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-12-31 15:18-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 1999-11-11 05:04+0800\n"
 "Last-Translator: Dillion Chen <dillon.chen@turbolinux.com.cn>\n"
 "Language-Team: TLDN\n"
diff --git a/popt.3 b/popt.3
index 8d17f17..0d9e0b0 100644
--- a/popt.3
+++ b/popt.3
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ specified to win; for example, "rm -i -f".  \fBPOPT_ARG_VAL\fP causes
 the parsing function not to return a value, since the value of \fIval\fP
 has already been used.
 .sp
+If the \fIargInfo\fR value is bitwise or'd with \fBPOPT_ARGFLAG_OPTIONAL\fR,
+the argument to the long option may be omitted. If the long option
+is used without an argument, a default value of zero or NULL will be saved
+(if the arg pointer is present), otherwise behavior will be identical to
+a long option with argument.
+.sp
 .RI "The next option, " val ", is the value popt's parsing function 
 should return when the option is encountered.  If it is 0, the parsing
 function does not return a value, instead parsing the next 
diff --git a/popt.c b/popt.c
index 79bfdaa..d67e313 100644
--- a/popt.c
+++ b/popt.c
@@ -674,35 +674,43 @@ int poptGetNextOpt(poptContext con)
 		       con->os > con->optionStack) {
 		    cleanOSE(con->os--);
 		}
-		if (con->os->next == con->os->argc)
-		    return POPT_ERROR_NOARG;
-
-		/* make sure this isn't part of a short arg or the
-                   result of an alias expansion */
-		if (con->os == con->optionStack &&
-		   opt->argInfo & POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP &&
-		   canstrip) {
-		    poptStripArg(con, con->os->next);
-		}
+		if (con->os->next == con->os->argc) {
+		    if (opt->argInfo & POPT_ARGFLAG_OPTIONAL)
+			con->os->nextArg = NULL;
+		    else
+			return POPT_ERROR_NOARG;
+		} else {
+
+		    /* make sure this isn't part of a short arg or the
+			result of an alias expansion */
+		    if (con->os == con->optionStack &&
+			opt->argInfo & POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP &&
+			canstrip) {
+			poptStripArg(con, con->os->next);
+		    }
 		
-		con->os->nextArg = expandNextArg(con, con->os->argv[con->os->next++]);
+		    con->os->nextArg = expandNextArg(con, con->os->argv[con->os->next++]);
+		}
 	    }
 
 	    if (opt->arg) {
 		switch (opt->argInfo & POPT_ARG_MASK) {
 		case POPT_ARG_STRING:
 		    /* XXX memory leak, hard to plug */
-		    *((const char **) opt->arg) = xstrdup(con->os->nextArg);
+		    *((const char **) opt->arg) = (con->os->nextArg)
+			? xstrdup(con->os->nextArg) : NULL;
 		    break;
 
 		case POPT_ARG_INT:
 		case POPT_ARG_LONG:
-		{   long aLong;
+		{   long aLong = 0;
 		    char *end;
 
-		    aLong = strtol(con->os->nextArg, &end, 0);
-		    if (!(end && *end == '\0'))
-			return POPT_ERROR_BADNUMBER;
+		    if (con->os->nextArg) {
+			aLong = strtol(con->os->nextArg, &end, 0);
+			if (!(end && *end == '\0'))
+			    return POPT_ERROR_BADNUMBER;
+		    }
 
 		    if ((opt->argInfo & POPT_ARG_MASK) == POPT_ARG_LONG) {
 			if (aLong == LONG_MIN || aLong == LONG_MAX)
@@ -719,12 +727,14 @@ int poptGetNextOpt(poptContext con)
 
 		case POPT_ARG_FLOAT:
 		case POPT_ARG_DOUBLE:
-		{   double aDouble;
+		{   double aDouble = 0.0;
 		    char *end;
 
-		    aDouble = strtod(con->os->nextArg, &end);
-		    if (*end)
-			return POPT_ERROR_BADNUMBER;
+		    if (con->os->nextArg) {
+			aDouble = strtod(con->os->nextArg, &end);
+			if (*end)
+			    return POPT_ERROR_BADNUMBER;
+		    }
 
 		    if (aDouble == +HUGE_VAL || aDouble == -HUGE_VAL)
 			return POPT_ERROR_OVERFLOW;
@@ -778,7 +788,9 @@ int poptGetNextOpt(poptContext con)
 	else if ((opt->argInfo & POPT_ARG_MASK) == POPT_ARG_VAL)
 	    /*@-ifempty@*/ ;
 	else if ((opt->argInfo & POPT_ARG_MASK) != POPT_ARG_NONE) {
-	    con->finalArgv[con->finalArgvCount++] = xstrdup(con->os->nextArg);
+	    if (con->os->nextArg)
+	        con->finalArgv[con->finalArgvCount++] =
+			xstrdup(con->os->nextArg);
 	}
     }
 
diff --git a/popt.h b/popt.h
index 7a0a6b1..5bae679 100644
--- a/popt.h
+++ b/popt.h
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #define POPT_ARG_MASK		0x0000FFFF
 #define POPT_ARGFLAG_ONEDASH	0x80000000  /* allow -longoption */
 #define POPT_ARGFLAG_DOC_HIDDEN 0x40000000  /* don't show in help/usage */
-#define POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP	0x20000000  /* strip this arg from argv (only applies to long args) */
+#define POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP	0x20000000  /* strip this arg from argv(only applies to long args) */
+#define	POPT_ARGFLAG_OPTIONAL	0x10000000  /* arg may be missing */
 
 #define	POPT_ARGFLAG_OR		0x08000000 /* arg will be or'ed */
 #define	POPT_ARGFLAG_NOR	0x09000000 /* arg will be nor'ed */
diff --git a/popthelp.c b/popthelp.c
index c88d094..12fb484 100644
--- a/popthelp.c
+++ b/popthelp.c
@@ -54,7 +54,17 @@ getArgDescrip(const struct poptOption * opt, const char *translation_domain)
 	if (opt->argDescrip) return POPT_(opt->argDescrip);
 
     if (opt->argDescrip) return D_(translation_domain, opt->argDescrip);
-    return POPT_("ARG");
+
+    switch (opt->argInfo & POPT_ARG_MASK) {
+    case POPT_ARG_NONE:		return POPT_("NONE");
+    case POPT_ARG_VAL:		return POPT_("VAL");
+    case POPT_ARG_INT:		return POPT_("INT");
+    case POPT_ARG_LONG:		return POPT_("LONG");
+    case POPT_ARG_STRING:	return POPT_("STRING");
+    case POPT_ARG_FLOAT:	return POPT_("FLOAT");
+    case POPT_ARG_DOUBLE:	return POPT_("DOUBLE");
+    default:			return POPT_("ARG");
+    }
 }
 
 static void singleOptionHelp(FILE * f, int maxLeftCol, 
@@ -70,18 +80,60 @@ static void singleOptionHelp(FILE * f, int maxLeftCol,
     const char * argDescrip = getArgDescrip(opt, translation_domain);
 
     left = malloc(maxLeftCol + 1);
-    *left = '\0';
+    left[0] = left[maxLeftCol] = '\0';
 
     if (opt->longName && opt->shortName)
-	sprintf(left, "-%c, --%s", opt->shortName, opt->longName);
+	snprintf(left, maxLeftCol, "-%c, --%s", opt->shortName, opt->longName);
     else if (opt->shortName) 
-	sprintf(left, "-%c", opt->shortName);
+	snprintf(left, maxLeftCol, "-%c", opt->shortName);
     else if (opt->longName)
-	sprintf(left, "--%s", opt->longName);
+	snprintf(left, maxLeftCol, "--%s", opt->longName);
     if (!*left) return ;
     if (argDescrip) {
-	strcat(left, "=");
-	strcat(left, argDescrip);
+	char * le = left + strlen(left);
+	int nl = maxLeftCol - (le - left);
+	if (opt->argInfo & POPT_ARGFLAG_OPTIONAL) {
+	    *le++ = '['; nl--;
+	}
+	if (opt->argDescrip == NULL) {
+	    switch (opt->argInfo & POPT_ARG_MASK) {
+	    case POPT_ARG_NONE:
+		snprintf(le, nl-1, "[true]");
+		break;
+	    case POPT_ARG_VAL:
+	    {   long aLong = opt->val;
+
+		if (opt->argInfo & POPT_ARGFLAG_NOT) aLong = ~aLong;
+		switch (opt->argInfo & POPT_ARGFLAG_LOGICALOPS) {
+		case POPT_ARGFLAG_OR:
+		    snprintf(le, nl-1, "[|=0x%lx]", aLong);	break;
+		case POPT_ARGFLAG_AND:
+		    snprintf(le, nl-1, "[&=0x%lx]", aLong);	break;
+		case POPT_ARGFLAG_XOR:
+		    snprintf(le, nl-1, "[^=0x%lx]", aLong);	break;
+		default:
+		    if (!(aLong == 0L || aLong == 1L || aLong == -1L))
+			snprintf(le, nl-1, "[=%ld]", aLong);
+		    break;
+		}
+	    }	break;
+	    case POPT_ARG_INT:
+	    case POPT_ARG_LONG:
+	    case POPT_ARG_STRING:
+	    case POPT_ARG_FLOAT:
+	    case POPT_ARG_DOUBLE:
+		snprintf(le, nl-1, "=%s", argDescrip);
+		break;
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    snprintf(le, nl-1, "=%s", argDescrip);
+	}
+	nl -= strlen(le);
+	le += strlen(le);
+	if (opt->argInfo & POPT_ARGFLAG_OPTIONAL) {
+	    *le++ = ']'; nl--;
+	}
+	*le = '\0';
     }
 
     if (help)
diff --git a/test1.c b/test1.c
index 5b6aeb7..7b7f55f 100644
--- a/test1.c
+++ b/test1.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ int inc = 0;
 int shortopt = 0;
 float aFloat = 0.0;
 double aDouble = 0.0;
+char * oStr = (char *)-1;
 int singleDash = 0;
 
 static struct poptOption moreCallbackArgs[] = {
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ static struct poptOption options[] = {
 	    "A float argument", "FLOAT" },
 	{ "double", 'd', POPT_ARG_DOUBLE, &aDouble, 0,
 	    "A double argument", "DOUBLE" },
+	{ "ostr", '\0', POPT_ARG_STRING|POPT_ARGFLAG_OPTIONAL, &oStr, 0,
+	    "An optional str", "ARG" },
+
 	{ NULL, '-', POPT_ARG_NONE | POPT_ARGFLAG_DOC_HIDDEN, &singleDash, 0 },
 	{ NULL, '\0', POPT_ARG_INCLUDE_TABLE, &moreArgs, 0, NULL },
 	{ NULL, '\0', POPT_ARG_INCLUDE_TABLE, &callbackArgs, 0, "Callback arguments" },
@@ -128,6 +132,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char ** argv) {
 	fprintf(stdout, " aFloat: %g", aFloat);
     if (aDouble != 0.0)
 	fprintf(stdout, " aDouble: %g", aDouble);
+    if (oStr != (char *)-1)
+	fprintf(stdout, " oStr: %s", (oStr ? oStr : "(none)"));
     if (singleDash)
 	fprintf(stdout, " -");
 
diff --git a/testit.sh b/testit.sh
index 975b5ef..ce5530a 100755
--- a/testit.sh
+++ b/testit.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ run test1 "test1 - 32" "arg1: 0 arg2: (none) aFloat: 10.1" -f 10.1
 run test1 "test1 - 33" "arg1: 0 arg2: (none) aFloat: 10.1" --float 10.1
 run test1 "test1 - 34" "arg1: 0 arg2: (none) aDouble: 10.1" -d 10.1
 run test1 "test1 - 35" "arg1: 0 arg2: (none) aDouble: 10.1" --double 10.1
+run test1 "test1 - 36" "arg1: 0 arg2: (none) oStr: (none)" --ostr
+run test1 "test1 - 37" "arg1: 0 arg2: (none) oStr: yadda" --ostr=yadda
+run test1 "test1 - 38" "arg1: 0 arg2: (none) oStr: yadda" --ostr yadda
+run test1 "test1 - 39" "arg1: 0 arg2: (none) oStr: ping rest: pong" --ostr=ping pong
+run test1 "test1 - 40" "arg1: 0 arg2: (none) oStr: ping rest: pong" --ostr ping pong
 
 echo ""
 echo "Passed."