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Re: groff: conflict with prototype arg name in getopt.h


Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> writes:

> But isn't getopt intended for stand-alone use also?  At least getopt.h
> says so.

Then change it for those environments.  There is absolutely no reason
to reduce the usefulness of the header (which serves as part of the
documentation) just because some idiotic systems cannot handle it.
This file exists in this form for ages.  Somebody deliberately
introduced problems.

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