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diff --git a/lib/getopt.h b/lib/getopt.h
index dceb0301..b359a47b 100644
--- a/lib/getopt.h
+++ b/lib/getopt.h
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@
#ifndef _GETOPT_H
#define _GETOPT_H 1
+/*
+ * The operating system may or may not provide getopt_long(), and if
+ * so it may or may not be a version we are willing to use. Our
+ * strategy is to declare getopt here, and then provide code unless
+ * the supplied version is adequate. The difficult case is when a
+ * declaration for getopt is provided, as our declaration must match.
+ *
+ * XXX Arguably this version should be named differently, and the
+ * local names defined to refer to the system version when we choose
+ * to use the system version.
+ */
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
@@ -99,23 +111,23 @@ struct option
#define optional_argument 2
#if defined (__STDC__) && __STDC__
-#if defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__) \
- || defined (__EXTENSIONS__) \
- || defined (_GETOPT_DEFINED_) \
- || defined (_GETOPT_DECLARED)
-/* Many other libraries have conflicting prototypes for getopt, with
- differences in the consts, in stdlib.h. To avoid compilation
- errors, only prototype getopt for systems we know have compatible
- getopt.
- glibc: __GNU_LIBRARY__
- solaris: __EXTENSIONS__
- OpenBSD: _GETOPT_DEFINED_
- FreeBSD: _GETOPT_DECLARED
+
+#if REALLY_NEED_PLAIN_GETOPT
+
+/*
+ * getopt is defined in POSIX.2. Assume that if the system defines
+ * getopt that it complies with POSIX.2. If not, an autoconf test
+ * should be written to define NONPOSIX_GETOPT_DEFINITION.
*/
+#ifndef NONPOSIX_GETOPT_DEFINITION
extern int getopt (int argc, char *const *argv, const char *shortopts);
-#else /* not __GNU_LIBRARY__ or __EXTENSIONS__ */
+#else /* NONPOSIX_GETOPT_DEFINITION */
extern int getopt (void);
-#endif /* __GNU_LIBRARY__ */
+#endif /* NONPOSIX_GETOPT_DEFINITION */
+
+#endif
+
+
extern int getopt_long (int argc, char *const *argv, const char *shortopts,
const struct option *longopts, int *longind);
extern int getopt_long_only (int argc, char *const *argv,
@@ -128,11 +140,16 @@ extern int _getopt_internal (int argc, char *const *argv,
const struct option *longopts, int *longind,
int long_only);
#else /* not __STDC__ */
+
+#ifdef REALLY_NEED_PLAIN_GETOPT
extern int getopt ();
+#endif /* REALLY_NEED_PLAIN_GETOPT */
+
extern int getopt_long ();
extern int getopt_long_only ();
extern int _getopt_internal ();
+
#endif /* __STDC__ */
#ifdef __cplusplus