Re: git: Revert "printf(1): don't use getopt"

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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