From: Rich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>
To: musl@lists.openwall.com
Subject: Re: better compatibility with bsd getopt()
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:03:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121001000307.GU254@brightrain.aerifal.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPLrYETtdr+O5odZcnRzbnjiLkMpRMdV-tGsQT7ZwZ9d_OcD7w@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 11:32:44PM +0200, Daniel Cegiełka wrote:
> 2012/9/30 Rich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>:
>
> >> OpenBSD solves gnu reset option in this way:
> >>
> >> /*
> >> * XXX Some GNU programs (like cvs) set optind to 0 instead of
> >> * XXX using optreset. Work around this braindamage.
> >> */
> >> if (optind == 0)
> >> optind = optreset = 1;
> >
> > Except the BSD way is the braindamaged one because it violates the
> > namespace. The GNU way simply defines something that was previously
> > undefined by the standard without affecting the namespace.
> >
> > If needed, I think it's possible to support both, with some weak
> > symbol hacks...
>
> sample solution for gnu/bsd getopt() - of course this patch needs this
> weak symbol hacks...
I've committed a version with several additional issues addressed too.
Rich
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-01 0:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-30 20:30 Daniel Cegiełka
2012-09-30 20:28 ` Rich Felker
2012-09-30 21:02 ` John Spencer
2012-09-30 21:00 ` Rich Felker
2012-09-30 21:18 ` Daniel Cegiełka
2012-09-30 21:13 ` Rich Felker
2012-09-30 21:32 ` Daniel Cegiełka
2012-09-30 23:53 ` Rich Felker
2012-09-30 23:54 ` Rich Felker
2012-10-01 0:03 ` Rich Felker [this message]
2012-09-30 21:06 ` Daniel Cegiełka
2012-09-30 21:22 ` John Spencer
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