The system mode binaries provide a similiar alias and it makes common options like --version and --help work as expected.
Signed-off-by: Meador Inge <mead...@codesourcery.com> --- linux-user/main.c | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c index 9616d8e..8f6ca0d 100644 --- a/linux-user/main.c +++ b/linux-user/main.c @@ -3240,6 +3240,10 @@ static int parse_args(int argc, char **argv) if (!strcmp(r, "-")) { break; } + /* Treat --foo the same as -foo. */ + if (r[0] == '-') { + r++; + } for (arginfo = arg_table; arginfo->handle_opt != NULL; arginfo++) { if (!strcmp(r, arginfo->argv)) { -- 1.7.7.6