glibc's implementation of getopt includes code to parse an environment
variable named _XXX_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_ (where XXX is the
current process's PID in decimal); but all of it has been #ifdefed out
since 2001, with no official way to turn it back on.
According to commentary in our config.h.in, bash version 2.0 set this
environment variable to indicate argv elements that were the result of
glob expansion and therefore should not be treated as options, but the
feature was "disabled later" because "it caused problems". According
to bash's CHANGES file, "later" was release 2.01; it gives no more
detail about what the problems were.
Version 2.0 of bash was released on the last day of 1996, and version
2.01 in June of 1997. Twenty years later, I think it is safe to
assume that this environment variable isn't coming back.
* config.h.in (USE_NONOPTION_FLAGS): Remove.
* csu/init-first.c: Remove all #ifdef USE_NONOPTION_FLAGS blocks.
* sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/init-first.c: Likewise.
* posix/getopt_int.h: Likewise.
* posix/getopt.c: Likewise. Also remove SWAP_FLAGS and the
__libc_argc and __libc_argv externs, which were only used by
#ifdef USE_NONOPTION_FLAGS blocks.
* posix/getopt_init.c: Remove file.
* posix/Makefile (routines): Remove getopt_init.
* include/getopt.h: Don't declare __getopt_initialize_environment.
* manual/getopt.texi: Remove mention of USE_NONOPTION_FLAGS in
a comment.
* manual/getopt.texi (Using the getopt function): Fix description of
return value for format string starting with '-' (PR libc/1551).
Patch by Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado <dervishd@jazzfree.com>
* sunrpc/clnt_perr.c (rpc_errlist): Fix index for RPC_PROGVERSMISMATCH.
Patch by jens.moeller@westgeo.com (PR libc/1550).
* locale/programs/ld-collate.c (struct element_t): Add wclast
and compute it where necessary.
(collate_output): Insert indirect references in the right order.
1997-06-04 05:09 Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
* argp/argp-help.c (_help): Use uparams.usage_indent instead of
the USAGE_INDENT macro.
* manual/summary.awk: Strip trailing commas from node-names.
* manual/.cvsignore: Ignore chapters-incl[12] rather than
chapters-incl.
* manual/Makefile (%.c.texi): Deal with multiple @-commands on a
single line.
* manual/string.texi (Argz Functions, Envz Functions): Add magic
comments for generating summary.texi.
1997-06-02 22:18 Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
* manual/argp.texi: New file.
* manual/examples/argp-ex1.c, manual/examples/argp-ex2.c,
manual/examples/argp-ex3.c, manual/examples/argp-ex4.c: New files.
* manual/Makefile [chapters] (chapters-incl1): New rule & include.
[chapters-incl1] (chapters-incl2): New rule & include.
(chapters-incl): Set based on $(chapters-incl1) & $(chapters-incl2).
* manual/maint.texi (Contributors): Give myself credit.
1997-06-01 15:01 Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
* manual/getopt.texi: New file.
* manual/startup.texi: Mention argp_parse in places that
previously mentioned only getopt.
Include getopt.texi (now containing all the getopt nodes that used
to be here) and argp.texi.
(Program Arguments): Move parsing bits into the new Parsing
Program Arguments node.
(Parsing Program Arguments): New node.
(Parsing Options, Example of Getopt, Long Options, Long Option
Example): Nodes removed.
* manual/libc.texinfo: (Program Arguments): Menu updated.
(Parsing Program Arguments): New menu.
