Matthew Dillon wrote:
> commit d61bf633159588699c95f84c439c17a05a656aef
> Author: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
> Date: Thu Aug 20 09:28:56 2009 -0700
>
> Revert "printf(1): don't use getopt"
>
> This reverts commit 8a65ba3d8f8a805773a99458f6f18f034ad84d57.
>
> printf.c is included by /bin/sh, and the internalized version is
> used by apropos which passes it '-- fmt ...'. FreeBSD and NetBSD
> and probably others use getopt(). We have to too or we break --
> use.
This is simply wrong. If you don't want to print --, don't pass it. This is a clear violation of the standard. If NetBSD and FreeBSD feel like doing this, fine, but we should not.
cheers
simon