gzip: fix gzip -dc case caused by using stale getopt state

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/getopt32.c b/libbb/getopt32.c
index 49fb5335d..5190fa61a 100644
--- a/libbb/getopt32.c
+++ b/libbb/getopt32.c
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ 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.
+        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
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ Special characters:
         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.
+        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
@@ -515,6 +515,19 @@ getopt32(char **argv, const char *applet_opts, ...)
                 }
         }
 
+        /* In case getopt32 was already called:
+         * reset the libc getopt() function, which keeps internal state.
+         * run_nofork_applet_prime() does this, but we might end up here
+         * also via gunzip_main() -> gzip_main(). Play safe.
+         */
+#ifdef __GLIBC__
+        optind = 0;
+#else /* BSD style */
+        optind = 1;
+        /* optreset = 1; */
+#endif
+        /* optarg = NULL; opterr = 0; optopt = 0; - do we need this?? */
+
         pargv = NULL;
 
         /* Note: just "getopt() <= 0" will not work well for