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Re: [PATCH] Reorder msgfmt command-line arguments.

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Dec 3, 2007, 18:05 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0712031805310.27959@racer.site>
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<20071203170402.GA13712@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx>
Hi,
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, brian m. carlson wrote:
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> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:35:33AM +0000, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, brian m. carlson wrote:
> > 
> > > Any program using getopt or getopt_long will stop processing options 
> > > once a non-option argument has been encountered, if POSIXLY_CORRECT 
> > > is set.
> > 
> > So have you tested that msgfmt indeed does not work with the present 
> > command line?
> 
> Yes.  I run with POSIXLY_CORRECT set to 1, and it does indeed break.  I 
> wouldn't have fixed it if it had worked.
Ah, so it is a not-so-common breakage.

Thanks for clarifying, Dscho

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Message 4 of 5 in “Reorder msgfmt command-line arguments.”
  1. Reorder msgfmt command-line arguments.brian m. carlson, Dec 3, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinDec 3, 2007
  3. brian m. carlsonDec 3, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinDec 3, 2007
  5. Shawn O. PearceDec 4, 2007

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