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1 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
index da0dc03..17b373c 100644
--- a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
+++ b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ int FAST_FUNC run_nofork_applet_prime(struct nofork_save_area *old, int applet_n
int rc, argc;
applet_name = APPLET_NAME(applet_no);
+
xfunc_error_retval = EXIT_FAILURE;
/* Special flag for xfunc_die(). If xfunc will "die"
@@ -132,7 +133,30 @@ int FAST_FUNC run_nofork_applet_prime(struct nofork_save_area *old, int applet_n
* die_sleep and longjmp here instead. */
die_sleep = -1;
- /* option_mask32 = 0; - not needed */
+ /* In case getopt() or getopt32() was already called:
+ * reset the libc getopt() function, which keeps internal state.
+ *
+ * BSD-derived getopt() functions require that optind be set 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 to 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 dump 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
+ /* optarg = NULL; opterr = 1; optopt = 63; - do we need this too? */
+ /* (values above are what they initialized to in glibc and uclibc) */
+ /* option_mask32 = 0; - not needed, no applet depends on it being 0 */
argc = 1;
while (argv[argc])
@@ -161,8 +185,16 @@ int FAST_FUNC run_nofork_applet_prime(struct nofork_save_area *old, int applet_n
rc = 0;
}
- /* Restoring globals */
+ /* Restoring some globals */
restore_nofork_data(old);
+
+ /* Other globals can be simply reset to defaults */
+#ifdef __GLIBC__
+ optind = 0;
+#else /* BSD style */
+ optind = 1;
+#endif
+
return rc & 0xff; /* don't confuse people with "exitcodes" >255 */
}