1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.c b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.c
index 6079ce3503..bf50195b94 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.c
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt_long.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*      $OpenBSD: getopt_long.c,v 1.16 2004/02/04 18:17:25 millert Exp $        */
+/*      $OpenBSD: getopt_long.c,v 1.17 2004/06/03 18:46:52 millert Exp $        */
 /*      $NetBSD: getopt_long.c,v 1.15 2002/01/31 22:43:40 tv Exp $      */
 
 /*
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
  */
 
 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
-static char *rcsid = "$OpenBSD: getopt_long.c,v 1.16 2004/02/04 18:17:25 millert Exp $";
+static char *rcsid = "$OpenBSD: getopt_long.c,v 1.17 2004/06/03 18:46:52 millert Exp $";
 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
 
 #include <err.h>
@@ -474,9 +474,10 @@ start:
                 } else if (!(flags & FLAG_PERMUTE)) {
                         /*
                          * If permutation is disabled, we can accept an
-                         * optional arg separated by whitespace.
+                         * optional arg separated by whitespace so long
+                         * as it does not start with a dash (-).
                          */
-                        if (optind + 1 < nargc)
+                        if (optind + 1 < nargc && *nargv[optind + 1] != '-')
                                 optarg = nargv[++optind];
                 }
                 place = EMSG;