getopt(1) doesn't/can't preserve quoted args

[Arthur David Olson]

> . . .They proposed altering the usage
> of getopt(1) from the current
> 	set -- `getopt ops $*`
> to
> 	eval set -- "`getopt ops "$@"`"

Do note that
	set -- whatever
is considered an error by the "sh" that comes with 4.[123]bsd.  When writing
shell scripts, you can make life easier for bsders by doing a
	set -$- whatever
which is acceptable to both bsd and System V.
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