1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/getopt32.c b/libbb/getopt32.c
index b5efa19ac..4c05dcb97 100644
--- a/libbb/getopt32.c
+++ b/libbb/getopt32.c
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ vgetopt32(char **argv, const char *applet_opts, const char *applet_long_options,
          * "fake" short options, like this one:
          * wget $'-\203' "Test: test" http://kernel.org/
          * (supposed to act as --header, but doesn't) */
+ next_opt:
 #if ENABLE_LONG_OPTS
         while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, applet_opts,
                         long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
@@ -544,8 +545,16 @@ vgetopt32(char **argv, const char *applet_opts, const char *applet_long_options,
                          * but we construct long opts so that flag
                          * is always NULL (see above) */
                         if (on_off->opt_char == '\0' /* && c != '\0' */) {
-                                /* c is probably '?' - "bad option" */
-                                goto error;
+                                /* We reached the end of complementary[] and did not find -c */
+                                if (c == '?') /* getopt says: "bad option, or option has no required argument" */
+                                        goto error;
+                                /* if there were options beyond 32 bits (example: ls),
+                                 * they got no complementary[] slot, and no result bit.
+                                 * IOW: they must be "accept but ignore" options.
+                                 * For them, we end up here.
+                                 */
+                                //bb_error_msg("ignored option '%c', skipping", c);
+                                goto next_opt;
                         }
                 }
                 if (flags & on_off->incongruously)