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bug #63254: [refer] use getopt_long to process options

Submitter:	G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
Submitted:	Sat 22 Oct 2022 07:12:55 PM UTC


Category:	Preprocessor refer	Severity:	1 - Wish
Item Group:	Feature change	Status:	None
Privacy:	Public	Assigned to:	None
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Sat 22 Oct 2022 07:12:55 PM UTC, original submission:

I think `refer` is now the only program groff ships that doesn't support the optional provision of space between option flags and option arguments. This is sure to frustrate some users.

Do something about this for groff 1.24.

G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>

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