Re: glibc

[Per Lundberg <plundis@chaosdev.org>]

On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Gary Kline wrote:

> 	Makes sense to me to take the easier course for our first-cut.
> 	Sure, add GNU getopt() and whatever else that's missing from
> 	the BSD libc.  

I will do that at the same time as I debianize the libc package.

> 	BTW, I've stayed away from the fine-grain, hair-splitting
> 	and spitball-throwing arguments, so what *is* so "wrong"
> 	with GNU getopt()?  ....

>From a BSD point of view? It's LGPL:ed. Besides, some people seem to
dislike the long arguments (which I can't understand, since there's always
short alternatives too). You'd better ask those people; I really like the
GNU getopt myself.