diff -urp coreutils-6.10-orig/lib/long-options.c coreutils-6.10/lib/long-options.c
--- coreutils-6.10-orig/lib/long-options.c	2007-10-17 15:47:26.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-6.10/lib/long-options.c	2008-01-31 14:28:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ parse_long_options (int argc,
   /* Don't print an error message for unrecognized options.  */
   opterr = 0;
 
-  if (argc == 2
-      && (c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "+", long_options, NULL)) != -1)
+  while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "+", long_options, NULL)) != -1)
     {
       switch (c)
 	{