Greetings, Houder! > On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 02:56:50, Andrey Repin wrote: >> Greetings, All! >> >> This has been plaguing me for several years, but only now I got to test it >> more thoroughly. >> Shame on me. >> >> $ /usr/bin/getopt --options '+H' --shell sh --name x -- -d >> getopt: unknown option -- d >> >> Expected output: >> x: unknown option -- d >> >> $ /usr/bin/getopt -V >> getopt from util-linux 2.25.2 >> >> Poked around, >> getopt from 2.20.1, 2.27.1, 2.31.1 and (reportedly)2.33 works as expected.
> 2.27.1? Typo? No, just a different OS. # lsb_release -a; /usr/bin/getopt -V; /usr/bin/getopt --options '+H' --shell sh --name x -- -d No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial getopt from util-linux 2.27.1 x: invalid option -- 'd' -- > See: > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43078330/how-to-use-the-name-argument-to-getopt > ( How to use the --name argument to getopt? ) > "This is a bug (or just a non-portability issue) which is already fixed in > util-linux 2.28, by commit 30fbf2f6. Before this fix it worked only on > Linux, That explains it. > OSX and a few BSD flavors but not on WIN32 or GNU-Hurd for example". > The answer by "rudimeier" also decribes a temporary work-around. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Friday, December 7, 2018 20:24:07 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
