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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 4fc10daa05477586fea99b6b3ca02a87d1102fa diff --git a/gnulib/doc/glibc-functions/getopt_long_only.texi b/gnulib/doc/glibc-functions/getopt_long_only.texi new file mode 100644 index 00000000..13edfb42 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/glibc-functions/getopt_long_only.texi @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +@node getopt_long_only +@subsection @code{getopt_long_only} +@findex getopt_long_only + +Gnulib module: getopt-gnu + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +The function @code{getopt_long_only} does not support the @samp{+} +flag in the options string on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.5, AIX 5.2, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10. +@item +The function @code{getopt_long_only} does not obey the @samp{-} flag +in the options string when @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} is set on some platforms: +Cygwin 1.7.0. +@item +Some implementations fail to reset state, including re-checking +@env{POSIXLY_CORRECT}, when @code{optind} is set to @samp{0}: +NetBSD, Cygwin 1.7.0. +@item +The function @code{getopt_long_only} does not support options with +optional arguments on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.5, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.2, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x. +@item +This function is missing on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 5.2.1, NetBSD 3.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, +OSF/1 5.1, mingw, Interix 3.5. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +The glibc extension of using @samp{W;} in the optstring argument to +allow @code{-W foo} to behave synonymously with @code{--foo} is not +very reliable. +@item +Some implementations return success instead of reporting an ambiguity +if user's option is a prefix of two long options with the same flag: +FreeBSD. +@item +Mixing a leading @samp{-} or @samp{+} with a leading @samp{:} in the +optstring argument has inconsistent effects across platforms. +@end itemize |