+ /* In case getopt() or getopt32() was already called:
+ * reset the libc getopt() function, which keeps internal state.
+ *
+ * BSD-derived getopt() functions require that optind be set to 1 in
+ * order to reset getopt() state. This used to be generally accepted
+ * way of resetting getopt(). However, glibc's getopt()
+ * has additional getopt() state beyond optind, and requires that
+ * optind be set to zero to reset its state. So the unfortunate state of
+ * affairs is that BSD-derived versions of getopt() misbehave if
+ * optind is set to 0 in order to reset getopt(), and glibc's getopt()
+ * will core dump if optind is set 1 in order to reset getopt().
+ *
+ * More modern versions of BSD require that optreset be set to 1 in
+ * order to reset getopt(). Sigh. Standards, anyone?
+ */
+#ifdef __GLIBC__
+ optind = 0;
+#else /* BSD style */
+ optind = 1;
+ /* optreset = 1; */
+#endif
+ /* optarg = NULL; opterr = 1; optopt = 63; - do we need this too? */
+ /* (values above are what they initialized to in glibc and uclibc) */
+ /* option_mask32 = 0; - not needed, no applet depends on it being 0 */
+