Package getopt-long-pm5100-1:2.38-1

Module Getopt::Long implements an extended getopt function called GetOptions(). This function implements the POSIX standard for command line options, with GNU extensions, while still capable of handling the traditional one-letter options. In general, this means that command line options can have long names instead of single letters, and are introduced with a double dash `--'. Optionally, Getopt::Long can support the traditional bundling of single-letter command line options. Getopt::Long::GetOptions() is part of the Perl 5 distribution. It is the successor of newgetopt.pl that came with Perl 4. It is fully upward compatible. In fact, the Perl 5 version of newgetopt.pl is just a wrapper around the module.

This is a core module in some versions of perl. In winter 2004, perl core modules were moved to a different directory than where module packages go. If you get installation conflicts between perlXXX-core and getopt-long-pmXXX, upgrade to the latest version of the perlXXX-core package.