Quentin Rameau <quinq(at)fifth(dot)space> writes:
> When passing an argument option with a missing argument, strcmp would
> be called with the argv terminating NULL.
Um ... so how would control get there with optind too large?
What test case/platform are you considering?
(There really shouldn't be *any* case where getopt advances
optind past argc, imo.)
regards, tom lane