@section @code{getopt}
@findex getopt
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getopt.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getopt.html}
Gnulib module: getopt-posix or getopt-gnu
Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{getopt-posix} or @code{getopt-gnu}:
@itemize
@item
-The @code{getopt} function keeps some internal state that cannot be explicitly
-reset on some platforms:
-mingw.
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+MSVC 9.
+@item
+The value of @code{optind} after a missing required argument is wrong
+on some platforms:
+Mac OS X 10.5, AIX 7.1, mingw.
@end itemize
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{getopt-gnu}:
@item
The function @code{getopt} does not support the @samp{+} flag in the options
string on some platforms:
-MacOS X 10.5, AIX 5.2, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10.
+Mac OS X 10.5, AIX 5.2, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11 2010-11.
+@item
+The function @code{getopt} does not obey the combination of @samp{+}
+and @samp{:} flags in the options string on some platforms:
+glibc 2.11.
@item
The function @code{getopt} does not obey the @samp{-} flag in the options
string when @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} is set on some platforms:
@item
The function @code{getopt} does not support options with optional arguments
on some platforms:
-MacOS X 10.5, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.2, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1,
-Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x.
+Mac OS X 10.5, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.2, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1,
+Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x.
@item
The function @code{getopt_long} is missing on some platforms:
-AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, Interix 3.5.
+AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5.
+@item
+The function @code{getopt_long} does not support abbreviated long options
+where all disambiguations are equivalent on some platforms:
+OpenBSD 5.0.
@item
The function @code{getopt_long_only} is missing on some platforms:
-MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 5.2.1, NetBSD 3.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5,
-OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, mingw, Interix 3.5.
+Mac OS X 10.3, FreeBSD 5.2.1, NetBSD 5.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5,
+OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5.
+@item
+This function crashes if the option string includes @code{W;} on some
+platforms:
+glibc 2.14.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@item
The glibc implementation allows a complete reset of the environment,
including re-checking for @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT}, by setting
-@code{optind} to 0. Other implementations provide @code{optreset},
+@code{optind} to 0. Several BSD implementations provide @code{optreset},
causing a reset by setting it non-zero, although it does not
-necessarily re-read @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT}.
+necessarily re-read @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT}. Solaris @code{getopt} does
+not support either reset method, but does not maintain state that
+needs the extra level of reset.
@item
-Mixing a leading @samp{-} or @samp{+} with a leading @samp{:} in the
-optstring argument has inconsistent effects across platforms.
+On some platforms, this function does not set the stream error
+indicator on attempts to write to a read-only stream:
+glibc 2.13, Cygwin 1.7.9.
@end itemize