Index: fetchmail.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/debian/fetchmail/fetchmail.c,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.10 fetchmail.c
--- fetchmail.c	2001/03/18 13:22:08	1.10
+++ fetchmail.c	2001/03/26 16:36:33
@@ -961,6 +961,9 @@
     /* do this before the keep/fetchall test below, otherwise -d0 may fail */
     if (cmd_run.poll_interval >= 0)
 	run.poll_interval = cmd_run.poll_interval;
+    else 
+	if (run.poll_interval <= 0 && cmd_run.poll_interval == -2)
+	    run.poll_interval = 300;
     if (cmd_run.invisible)
 	run.invisible = cmd_run.invisible;
     if (cmd_run.showdots)
Index: options.c
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RCS file: /home/cvs/debian/fetchmail/options.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.6
diff -u -r1.1.1.6 options.c
--- options.c	2001/03/18 13:00:05	1.1.1.6
+++ options.c	2001/03/26 16:26:27
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
 /* options still left: CDgGhHjJoORwWxXYz */
 static const char *shortoptions = 
-	"?Vcsvd:NqL:f:i:p:UP:A:t:E:Q:u:akKFnl:r:S:Z:b:B:e:m:T:I:M:yw:";
+	"?Vcsvd::NqL:f:i:p:UP:A:t:E:Q:u:akKFnl:r:S:Z:b:B:e:m:T:I:M:yw:";
 
 static const struct option longoptions[] = {
 /* this can be const because all flag fields are 0 and will never get set */
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
   {"check",	no_argument,	   (int *) 0, LA_CHECK       },
   {"silent",	no_argument,       (int *) 0, LA_SILENT      },
   {"verbose",	no_argument,       (int *) 0, LA_VERBOSE     },
-  {"daemon",	required_argument, (int *) 0, LA_DAEMON      },
+  {"daemon",	optional_argument, (int *) 0, LA_DAEMON      },
   {"nodetach",	no_argument,	   (int *) 0, LA_NODETACH    },
   {"quit",	no_argument,	   (int *) 0, LA_QUIT        },
   {"logfile",	required_argument, (int *) 0, LA_LOGFILE     },
@@ -290,7 +290,10 @@
 	    break;
 	case 'd':
 	case LA_DAEMON:
-	    rctl->poll_interval = xatoi(optarg, &errflag);
+	    if (optarg)
+		rctl->poll_interval = xatoi(optarg, &errflag);
+	    else
+		rctl->poll_interval = -2;
 	    break;
 	case 'N':
 	case LA_NODETACH: