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-rw-r--r--libbb/getopt32.c13
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/getopt32.c b/libbb/getopt32.c
index 54dc7857d..8fb99b6cc 100644
--- a/libbb/getopt32.c
+++ b/libbb/getopt32.c
@@ -155,12 +155,20 @@ Special characters:
Allows any arguments to be given without a dash (./program w x)
as well as with a dash (./program -x).
+ NB: getopt32() will leak a small amount of memory if you use
+ this option! Do not use it if there is a possibility of recursive
+ getopt32() calls.
+
"--" A double dash at the beginning of opt_complementary means the
argv[1] string should always be treated as options, even if it isn't
prefixed with a "-". This is useful for special syntax in applets
such as "ar" and "tar":
tar xvf foo.tar
+ NB: getopt32() will leak a small amount of memory if you use
+ this option! Do not use it if there is a possibility of recursive
+ getopt32() calls.
+
"-N" A dash as the first char in a opt_complementary group followed
by a single digit (0-9) means that at least N non-option
arguments must be present on the command line
@@ -493,7 +501,10 @@ getopt32(char **argv, const char *applet_opts, ...)
pargv = argv + 1;
while (*pargv) {
if (pargv[0][0] != '-' && pargv[0][0] != '\0') {
- char *pp = alloca(strlen(*pargv) + 2);
+ /* Can't use alloca: opts with params will
+ * return pointers to stack!
+ * NB: we leak these allocations... */
+ char *pp = xmalloc(strlen(*pargv) + 2);
*pp = '-';
strcpy(pp + 1, *pargv);
*pargv = pp;