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| -rw-r--r-- | libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c index 4e6ecde67..3a386c5c9 100644 --- a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c +++ b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c @@ -131,12 +131,34 @@ int run_nofork_applet_prime(struct nofork_save_area *old, int applet_no, char ** applet_name = APPLET_NAME(applet_no); xfunc_error_retval = EXIT_FAILURE; - /*option_mask32 = 0; - not needed */ - /* special flag for xfunc_die(). If xfunc will "die" + + /* Special flag for xfunc_die(). If xfunc will "die" * in NOFORK applet, xfunc_die() sees negative * die_sleep and longjmp here instead. */ die_sleep = -1; + /* Reset the libc getopt() function, which keeps internal state. + * + * BSD-derived getopt() functions require that optind be reset to 1 in + * order to reset getopt() state. This used to be generally accepted + * way of resetting getopt(). However, glibc's getopt() + * has additional getopt() state beyond optind, and requires that + * optind be set zero to reset its state. So the unfortunate state of + * affairs is that BSD-derived versions of getopt() misbehave if + * optind is set to 0 in order to reset getopt(), and glibc's getopt() + * will core ump if optind is set 1 in order to reset getopt(). + * + * More modern versions of BSD require that optreset be set to 1 in + * order to reset getopt(). Sigh. Standards, anyone? + */ +#ifdef __GLIBC__ + optind = 0; +#else /* BSD style */ + optind = 1; + /* optreset = 1; */ +#endif + /* option_mask32 = 0; - not needed */ + argc = 1; while (argv[argc]) argc++; |