Re: getopt configure check fails in linux

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Lorenzo,

> checking for working GNU getopt function... no
> 
> it looks kind of strange that getopt test fails under GNU Linux...
> 
> (indeed, this way, the gnulib version of getopt is used, instead of GNU 
> libc version)

If you want to know why: The fixes that each gnulib module brings are
documented at <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/>. In particular,
for the 'getopt' function, we document this:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/getopt.html>
And yes, there is also one bug that affects glibc <= 2.11, in this list.

For reference, the glibc bugs are here:
  http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11039
  http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11040
  http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11041

Bruno