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<title>OSSP popt</title>
-<h1>...</h1>
+<h1>Option Parsing</h1>
<h2>Abstract</h2>
+OSSP popt is a derivative of <a href="http://www.redhat.com/">RedHat</a>'s <a
+href="ftp.rpm.org:/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.0.x">POPT</a> library as found in the <a
+href="http://www.rpm.org/">RedHat Package Manager</a> (RPM). It provides
+support for parsing short (<tt>-f</tt>) and long (<tt>--foo</tt>) command line
+options. Unlike similar libraries, it does not utilize global variables, thus
+enabling multiple passes in parsing argument vectors (like <tt>argv</tt>); it
+can parse an arbitrary array of <tt>argv</tt>-style elements, allowing parsing
+of command-line options from any source; it provides a standard method of
+option aliasing; it can execute external option filters; and, finally, it can
+automatically generate help and usage messages for the application.
+
+<p>
+Notice: OSSP popt is not compatible with the original POPT library, because it
+uses a different API namespace. Functionality wise it is the same, although
+the source code was stripped down to its minimum. It made into an OSSP library
+for easier integration within the OSSP project. It is not intended to replace
+or to compete with the original POPT library in any way.
+
<h2>Authors</h2>
+<pkg_author name="Erik W. Troan" mail="ewt@redhat.com">
<pkg_author name="Ralf S. Engelschall" mail="rse@engelschall.com">
<h2>Status</h2>
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