Package: manpages-dev Version: 1.70-1 Severity: minor
The current description of the return value of getopt() found in the manpage: "The getopt() function returns the option character if the option was found successfully, ':' if there was a missing parameter for one of the options, '?' for an unknown option character, or -1 for the end of the option list." The function returns '?' instead of ':' if there were missing parameters if the options string does not begin with ':'. The description of the glibc-doc describes it correctly: "If getopt finds an option character in argv that was not included in options, or a missing option argument, it returns `?' and sets the external variable optopt to the actual option character. If the first character of options is a colon (`:'), then getopt returns `:' instead of `?' to indicate a missing option argument. In addition, if the external variable opterr is nonzero (which is the default), getopt prints an error message." [/usr/share/doc/glibc-doc/html/libc_25.html#SEC528] The error can also be found in the german translation (and maybe other translations) of the manpage. Thank you, Philipp -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.7.20041224 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages manpages-dev depends on: ii manpages 1.70-1 Manual pages about using a GNU/Lin -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
