* src/emacs.c (sort_args): Warn about multiple matches.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index b74df21196a..75328c5e3e0 100644
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -1870,9 +1870,13 @@ sort_args (int argc, char **argv)
                     fatal ("Option '%s' requires an argument\n", argv[from]);
                   from += options[from];
                 }
-              /* FIXME When match < 0, shouldn't there be some error,
-                 or at least indication to the user that there was a
-                 problem?  */
+              else if (match == -2)
+                {
+                  /* This is an internal error.
+                     Eg if one long option is a prefix of another.  */
+                  fprintf (stderr, "Option '%s' matched multiple standard arguments\n", argv[from]);
+                }
+              /* Should we not also warn if there was no match?  */
             }
         done: ;
         }