On Linux doas no longer requires the user to specify the double-dash …

…(--) prior to a command that accepts arguments. Patch provided by Martijn van Duren.
slicer69 · Aug 6, 2020 · 04b377f · 04b377f
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -89,6 +89,6 @@ Create a new file in the root user's home:
 
      doas touch /root/new-file
 
-On Linux commands with arguments should be prefixed by a double-dash (--). Here we remove a directory owned by root:
+On Linux versions of doas prior to 6.3p1 required commands with arguments to be prefixed by a double-dash (--). From 6.3p1 and onward the double-dash is no longer required. Here we remove a directory owned by root:
 
      doas -- rm -rf old-directory
diff --git a/doas.c b/doas.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	uid = getuid();
 
-	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "a:C:nSsu:")) != -1) {
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "+a:C:nSsu:")) != -1) {
 		switch (ch) {
                 #if defined(USE_BSD_AUTH)
 		case 'a':