On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Gary Kline wrote: > Makes sense to me to take the easier course for our first-cut. > Sure, add GNU getopt() and whatever else that's missing from > the BSD libc.
I will do that at the same time as I debianize the libc package. > BTW, I've stayed away from the fine-grain, hair-splitting > and spitball-throwing arguments, so what *is* so "wrong" > with GNU getopt()? .... >From a BSD point of view? It's LGPL:ed. Besides, some people seem to dislike the long arguments (which I can't understand, since there's always short alternatives too). You'd better ask those people; I really like the GNU getopt myself.
