diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a024a2e6..e08b809b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS = lib/libalpm src/util src/pacman scripts etc test/pacman test/util
+SUBDIRS = lib/libalpm src/util src/pacman scripts etc test/pacman test/util test/scripts
 if WANT_DOC
 SUBDIRS += doc
 endif
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dist_pkgdata_DATA = \
 	proto/ChangeLog.proto
 
 # run the pactest test suite and vercmp tests
-check-local: test/pacman test/util src/pacman src/util
+check-local: test/pacman test/scripts test/util src/pacman src/util
 	LC_ALL=C $(PYTHON) $(top_srcdir)/test/pacman/pactest.py --debug=1 \
 		--test $(top_srcdir)/test/pacman/tests/*.py \
 		-p $(top_builddir)/src/pacman/pacman
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ check-local: test/pacman test/util src/pacman src/util
 		$(top_builddir)/src/util/pacsort
 	$(SH) $(top_srcdir)/test/util/vercmptest.sh \
 		$(top_builddir)/src/util/vercmp
+	$(BASH_SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/test/scripts/parseopts_test.sh \
+		$(top_srcdir)/scripts/library/parseopts.sh
 
 # create the pacman DB and cache directories upon install
 install-data-local:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8898f146..d488bfaf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ doc/Makefile
 etc/Makefile
 test/pacman/Makefile
 test/pacman/tests/Makefile
+test/scripts/Makefile
 test/util/Makefile
 contrib/Makefile
 Makefile
diff --git a/contrib/bash_completion.in b/contrib/bash_completion.in
index 95a27702..1b265e0c 100644
--- a/contrib/bash_completion.in
+++ b/contrib/bash_completion.in
@@ -27,19 +27,44 @@ _arch_incomp() {
   local r="\s-(-${1#* }\s|\w*${1% *})"; [[ $COMP_LINE =~ $r ]]
 }
 
+_pacman_keyids() {
+  \pacman-key --list-keys 2>/dev/null | awk '
+    $1 == "pub" {
+      # key id
+      split($2, a, "/"); print a[2]
+    }
+    $1 == "uid" {
+      # email
+      if (match($NF, /<[^>]+>/))
+        print substr($NF, RSTART + 1, RLENGTH - 2)
+    }'
+}
+
 _pacman_key() {
-  local cur opts prev
+  local o cur opts prev wantfiles
   COMPREPLY=()
   _get_comp_words_by_ref cur prev
   opts=('add delete export finger help list-keys recv-keys updatedb verify
          version config edit-key gpgdir import import-trustdb init keyserver
          list-sigs lsign-key populate refresh-keys'
         'a d e f h l r u v V')
-  if [[ $prev = 'pacman-key' ]]; then
-    _arch_ptr2comp opts
-  elif [[ $cur = -* &&
-      $prev != -@(a|-add|c|-config|g|-gpgdir|h|-help|import?(-trustdb)) ]]; then
+
+  # operations for which we want to complete keyids
+  for o in 'd delete' 'e export' 'f finger' 'l list-keys' 'r recv-keys' \
+      'edit-key' 'list-sigs' 'refresh-keys'; do
+    _arch_incomp "$o" && break
+    unset o
+  done
+
+  # options for which we want file completion
+  wantfiles='-@(c|-config|g|-gpgdir)'
+
+  if [[ $prev = 'pacman-key' || ( $cur = -* && $prev != $wantfiles ) ]]; then
     _arch_ptr2comp opts
+  elif [[ $prev = @(-k|--keyserver) ]]; then
+    return
+  elif [[ $prev != $wantfiles && $o ]]; then
+    COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W '$(_pacman_keyids)' -- "$cur"))
   fi
   true
 }
diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.txt b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
index df41e187..27875a30 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.8.txt
+++ b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
@@ -152,8 +152,9 @@ Options
 	such as a chroot or remote builder. It will also satisfy requirements of
 	the GPL when distributing binary packages.
 
-*\--pkg <list>*::
-	Only build listed packages from a split package.
+*\--pkg* <list>::
+	Only build listed packages from a split package. Multiple packages should
+	be comma separated in the list. This option can be specified multiple times.
 
 *\--check*::
 	Run the check() function in the PKGBUILD, overriding the setting in
diff --git a/doc/pacman-key.8.txt b/doc/pacman-key.8.txt
index 3631ec8c..8126edb7 100644
--- a/doc/pacman-key.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman-key.8.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pacman-key - manage pacman's list of trusted keys
 
 Synopsis
 --------
-'pacman-key' [options]
+'pacman-key' [options] operation [targets]
 
 
 Description
@@ -26,45 +26,40 @@ More complex keyring management can be achieved using GnuPG directly combined wi
 the '\--homedir' option pointing at the pacman keyring (located in
 +{sysconfdir}/pacman.d/gnupg+ by default).
 
+Invoking pacman-key consists of supplying an operation with any potential
+options and targets to operate on. Depending on the operation, a 'target' may
+be a valid key identifier, filename, or directory.
 
-Options
--------
-*-a, \--add* [file(s)]::
+Operations
+----------
+*-a, \--add*::
 	Add the key(s) contained in the specified file or files to pacman's
 	keyring. If a key already exists, update it.
 
-*\--config* <file>::
-	Use an alternate config file instead of the +{sysconfdir}/pacman.conf+
-	default.
-
-*-d, \--delete* <keyid(s)>::
+*-d, \--delete*::
 	Remove the key(s) identified by the specified keyid(s) from pacman's
 	keyring.
 
-*-e, \--export* [keyid(s)]::
+*-e, \--export*::
 	Export key(s) identified by the specified keyid(s) to 'stdout'. If no keyid
 	is specified, all keys will be exported.
 
-*\--edit-key* <keyid(s)>::
+*\--edit-key*::
 	Present a menu for key management task on the specified keyid(s). Useful
 	for adjusting a keys trust level.
 
-*-f, \--finger* [keyid(s)]::
+*-f, \--finger*::
 	List a fingerprint for each specified keyid, or for all known keys if no
 	keyids are specified.
 
-*\--gpgdir* <dir>::
-	Set an alternate home directory for GnuPG. If unspecified, the value is
-	read from +{sysconfdir}/pacman.conf+.
-
 *-h, \--help*::
 	Output syntax and command line options.
 
-*\--import* <dir(s)>::
+*\--import*::
 	Imports keys from `pubring.gpg` into the public keyring from the specified
 	directories.
 
-*\--import-trustdb* <dir(s)> ::
+*\--import-trustdb*::
 	Imports ownertrust values from `trustdb.gpg` into the shared trust database
 	from the specified directories.
 
@@ -72,42 +67,53 @@ Options
 	Ensure the keyring is properly initialized and has the required access
 	permissions.
 
-*\--keyserver* <keyserver>::
-	Use the specified keyserver if the operation requires one. This will take
-	precedence over any keyserver option specified in a `gpg.conf`
-	configuration file. Running '\--init' with this option will set the default
-	keyserver if one was not already configured.
-
-*-l, \--list-keys* [keyid(s)]::
+*-l, \--list-keys*::
 	Lists all or specified keys from the public keyring.
 
-*\--list-sigs* [keyid(s)]::
+*\--list-sigs*::
 	Same as '\--list-keys', but the signatures are listed too.
 
-*\--lsign-key* <keyid>::
+*\--lsign-key*::
 	Locally sign the given key. This is primarily used to root the web of trust
 	in the local private key generated by '\--init'.
 
-*-r, \--recv-keys* <keyid(s)>::
+*-r, \--recv-keys*::
 	Equivalent to '\--recv-keys' in GnuPG.
 
-*\--refresh-keys* [keyid(s)]::
+*\--refresh-keys*::
 	Equivalent to '\--refresh-keys' in GnuPG.
 
-*\--populate* [keyring(s)]::
+*\--populate*::
 	Reload the default keys from the (optionally provided) keyrings in
 	+{pkgdatadir}/keyrings+. For more information, see
 	<<SC,Providing a Keyring for Import>> below.
 
 *-u, \--updatedb*::
-	Equivalent to '\--check-trustdb' in GnuPG.
-
-*-v, \--verify* <signature>::
-	Verify the given signature file.
+	Equivalent to '\--check-trustdb' in GnuPG. This operation can be specified with
+	other operations.
 
 *-V, \--version*::
 	Displays the program version.
 
+*-v, \--verify*::
+	Verify the file(s) specified by the signature(s).
+
+Options
+-------
+*\--config* <file>::
+	Use an alternate config file instead of the +{sysconfdir}/pacman.conf+
+	default.
+
+*\--gpgdir* <dir>::
+	Set an alternate home directory for GnuPG. If unspecified, the value is
+	read from +{sysconfdir}/pacman.conf+.
+
+*\--keyserver* <keyserver>::
+	Use the specified keyserver if the operation requires one. This will take
+	precedence over any keyserver option specified in a `gpg.conf`
+	configuration file. Running '\--init' with this option will set the default
+	keyserver if one was not already configured.
+
 
 Providing a Keyring for Import
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index 328fbff2..b8a19900 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 
 LIBRARY = \
 	library/output_format.sh \
-	library/parse_options.sh
+	library/parseopts.sh
 
 # Files that should be removed, but which Automake does not know.
 MOSTLYCLEANFILES = $(bin_SCRIPTS)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ $(OURSCRIPTS): Makefile
 
 makepkg: \
 	$(srcdir)/makepkg.sh.in \
-	$(srcdir)/library/parse_options.sh
+	$(srcdir)/library/parseopts.sh
 
 pacman-db-upgrade: \
 	$(srcdir)/pacman-db-upgrade.sh.in \
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ pacman-db-upgrade: \
 pacman-key: \
 	$(srcdir)/pacman-key.sh.in \
 	$(srcdir)/library/output_format.sh \
-	$(srcdir)/library/parse_options.sh
+	$(srcdir)/library/parseopts.sh
 
 pacman-optimize: \
 	$(srcdir)/pacman-optimize.sh.in \
diff --git a/scripts/library/README b/scripts/library/README
index 1e9c962b..c71c0714 100644
--- a/scripts/library/README
+++ b/scripts/library/README
@@ -8,8 +8,22 @@ and can be silenced by defining 'QUIET'.  The 'warning' and 'error'
 functions print to stderr with the appropriate prefix added to the
 message.
 
-parse_options.sh:
-A getopt replacement to avoids portability issues, in particular the
-lack of long option name support in the default getopt provided by some
-platforms.
-Usage: parse_option $SHORT_OPTS $LONG_OPTS "$@"
+parseopts.sh:
+A getopt_long-like parser which portably supports longopts and shortopts
+with some GNU extensions. It does not allow for options with optional
+arguments. For both short and long opts, options requiring an argument
+should be suffixed with a colon. After the first argument containing
+the short opts, any number of valid long opts may be be passed. The end
+of the options delimiter must then be added, followed by the user arguments
+to the calling program.
+
+Reccommended Usage:
+  OPT_SHORT='fb:z'
+  OPT_LONG=('foo' 'bar:' 'baz')
+  if ! parseopts "$OPT_SHORT" "${OPT_LONG[@]}" -- "$@"; then
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  set -- "${OPTRET[@]}"
+Returns:
+  0: parse success
+  1: parse failure (error message supplied)
diff --git a/scripts/library/parse_options.sh b/scripts/library/parse_options.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 039eef92..00000000
--- a/scripts/library/parse_options.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-# getopt like parser
-parse_options() {
-	local short_options=$1; shift;
-	local long_options=$1; shift;
-	local ret=0;
-	local unused_options=""
-	local i
-
-	while [[ -n $1 ]]; do
-		if [[ ${1:0:2} = '--' ]]; then
-			if [[ -n ${1:2} ]]; then
-				local match=""
-				for i in ${long_options//,/ }; do
-					if [[ ${1:2} = ${i//:} ]]; then
-						match=$i
-						break
-					fi
-				done
-				if [[ -n $match ]]; then
-					local needsargument=0
-
-					[[ ${match} = ${1:2}: ]] && needsargument=1
-					[[ ${match} = ${1:2}:: && -n $2 && ${2:0:1} != "-" ]] && needsargument=1
-
-					if (( ! needsargument )); then
-						printf ' %s' "$1"
-					else
-						if [[ -n $2 ]]; then
-							printf ' %s ' "$1"
-							shift
-							printf "'%q" "$1"
-							while [[ -n $2 && ${2:0:1} != "-" ]]; do
-								shift
-								printf " %q" "$1"
-							done
-							printf "'"
-						else
-							printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "option %s requires an argument\n")" "'$1'" >&2
-							ret=1
-						fi
-					fi
-				else
-					echo "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "unrecognized option") '$1'" >&2
-					ret=1
-				fi
-			else
-				shift
-				break
-			fi
-		elif [[ ${1:0:1} = '-' ]]; then
-			for ((i=1; i<${#1}; i++)); do
-				if [[ $short_options =~ ${1:i:1} ]]; then
-					local needsargument=0
-
-					[[ $short_options =~ ${1:i:1}: && ! $short_options =~ ${1:i:1}:: ]] && needsargument=1
-					[[ $short_options =~ ${1:i:1}:: && \
-						( -n ${1:$i+1} || ( -n $2 && ${2:0:1} != "-" ) ) ]] && needsargument=1
-
-					if (( ! needsargument )); then
-						printf ' -%s' "${1:i:1}"
-					else
-						if [[ -n ${1:$i+1} ]]; then
-							printf ' -%s ' "${1:i:1}"
-							printf "'%q" "${1:$i+1}"
-							while [[ -n $2 && ${2:0:1} != "-" ]]; do
-								shift
-								printf " %q" "$1"
-							done
-							printf "'"
-						else
-							if [[ -n $2 ]]; then
-								printf ' -%s ' "${1:i:1}"
-								shift
-								printf "'%q" "$1"
-								while [[ -n $2 && ${2:0:1} != "-" ]]; do
-									shift
-									printf " %q" "$1"
-								done
-								printf "'"
-
-							else
-								printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "option %s requires an argument\n")" "'-${1:i:1}'" >&2
-								ret=1
-							fi
-						fi
-						break
-					fi
-				else
-					echo "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "unrecognized option") '-${1:i:1}'" >&2
-					ret=1
-				fi
-			done
-		else
-			unused_options="${unused_options} '$1'"
-		fi
-		shift
-	done
-
-	printf " --"
-	[[ $unused_options ]] && printf ' %s' "${unused_options[@]}"
-	[[ $1 ]] && printf " '%s'" "$@"
-	printf "\n"
-
-	return $ret
-}
diff --git a/scripts/library/parseopts.sh b/scripts/library/parseopts.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11589ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/library/parseopts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+# getopt-like parser
+parseopts() {
+	local opt= optarg= i= shortopts=$1
+	local -a longopts=() unused_argv=()
+
+	shift
+	while [[ $1 && $1 != '--' ]]; do
+		longopts+=("$1")
+		shift
+	done
+	shift
+
+	longoptmatch() {
+		local o longmatch=()
+		for o in "${longopts[@]}"; do
+			if [[ ${o%:} = "$1" ]]; then
+				longmatch=("$o")
+				break
+			fi
+			[[ ${o%:} = "$1"* ]] && longmatch+=("$o")
+		done
+
+		case ${#longmatch[*]} in
+			1)
+				# success, override with opt and return arg req (0 == none, 1 == required)
+				opt=${longmatch%:}
+				if [[ $longmatch = *: ]]; then
+					return 1
+				else
+					return 0
+				fi ;;
+			0)
+				# fail, no match found
+				return 255 ;;
+			*)
+				# fail, ambiguous match
+				printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "option '%s' is ambiguous; possibilities:")" "--$1"
+				printf " '%s'" "${longmatch[@]%:}"
+				printf '\n'
+				return 254 ;;
+		esac >&2
+	}
+
+	while (( $# )); do
+		case $1 in
+			--) # explicit end of options
+				shift
+				break
+				;;
+			-[!-]*) # short option
+				for (( i = 1; i < ${#1}; i++ )); do
+					opt=${1:i:1}
+
+					# option doesn't exist
+					if [[ $shortopts != *$opt* ]]; then
+						printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "invalid option") -- '%s'\n" "$opt" >&2
+						OPTRET=(--)
+						return 1
+					fi
+
+					OPTRET+=("-$opt")
+					# option requires optarg
+					if [[ $shortopts = *$opt:* ]]; then
+						# if we're not at the end of the option chunk, the rest is the optarg
+						if (( i < ${#1} - 1 )); then
+							OPTRET+=("${1:i+1}")
+							break
+						# if we're at the end, grab the the next positional, if it exists
+						elif (( i == ${#1} - 1 )) && [[ $2 ]]; then
+							OPTRET+=("$2")
+							shift
+							break
+						# parse failure
+						else
+							printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "option requires an argument") -- '%s'\n" "$opt" >&2
+							OPTRET=(--)
+							return 1
+						fi
+					fi
+				done
+				;;
+			--?*=*|--?*) # long option
+				IFS='=' read -r opt optarg <<< "${1#--}"
+				longoptmatch "$opt"
+				case $? in
+					0)
+						# parse failure
+						if [[ $optarg ]]; then
+							printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "option '%s' does not allow an argument")\n" "--$opt" >&2
+							OPTRET=(--)
+							return 1
+						# --longopt
+						else
+							OPTRET+=("--$opt")
+							shift
+							continue 2
+						fi
+						;;
+					1)
+						# --longopt=optarg
+						if [[ $optarg ]]; then
+							OPTRET+=("--$opt" "$optarg")
+							shift
+						# --longopt optarg
+						elif [[ $2 ]]; then
+							OPTRET+=("--$opt" "$2" )
+							shift 2
+						# parse failure
+						else
+							printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "option '%s' requires an argument")\n" "--$opt" >&2
+							OPTRET=(--)
+							return 1
+						fi
+						continue 2
+						;;
+					254)
+						# ambiguous option -- error was reported for us by longoptmatch()
+						OPTRET=(--)
+						return 1
+						;;
+					255)
+						# parse failure
+						printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "invalid option") '--%s'\n" "$opt" >&2
+						OPTRET=(--)
+						return 1
+						;;
+				esac
+				;;
+			*) # non-option arg encountered, add it as a parameter
+				unused_argv+=("$1")
+				;;
+		esac
+		shift
+	done
+
+	# add end-of-opt terminator and any leftover positional parameters
+	OPTRET+=('--' "${unused_argv[@]}" "$@")
+	unset longoptmatch
+
+	return 0
+}
diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index 46191ee4..8b3c80ce 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ canonicalize_path() {
 	fi
 }
 
-m4_include(library/parse_options.sh)
+m4_include(library/parseopts.sh)
 
 usage() {
 	printf "makepkg (pacman) %s\n" "$myver"
@@ -1954,19 +1954,20 @@ ARGLIST=("$@")
 
 # Parse Command Line Options.
 OPT_SHORT="AcdefFghiLmop:rRsSV"
-OPT_LONG="allsource,asroot,ignorearch,check,clean,nodeps"
-OPT_LONG+=",noextract,force,forcever:,geninteg,help,holdver,skippgpcheck"
-OPT_LONG+=",install,key:,log,nocolor,nobuild,nocheck,nosign,pkg:,rmdeps"
-OPT_LONG+=",repackage,skipchecksums,skipinteg,skippgpcheck,sign,source,syncdeps"
-OPT_LONG+=",version,config:"
+OPT_LONG=('allsource' 'asroot' 'ignorearch' 'check' 'clean' 'nodeps'
+          'noextract' 'force' 'forcever:' 'geninteg' 'help' 'holdver' 'skippgpcheck'
+          'install' 'key:' 'log' 'nocolor' 'nobuild' 'nocheck' 'nosign' 'pkg:' 'rmdeps'
+          'repackage' 'skipchecksums' 'skipinteg' 'skippgpcheck' 'sign' 'source' 'syncdeps'
+          'version' 'config:')
 
 # Pacman Options
-OPT_LONG+=",noconfirm,noprogressbar"
-if ! OPT_TEMP="$(parse_options $OPT_SHORT $OPT_LONG "$@")"; then
-	echo; usage; exit 1 # E_INVALID_OPTION;
+OPT_LONG+=('noconfirm' 'noprogressbar')
+
+if ! parseopts "$OPT_SHORT" "${OPT_LONG[@]}" -- "$@"; then
+	exit 1 # E_INVALID_OPTION;
 fi
-eval set -- "$OPT_TEMP"
-unset OPT_SHORT OPT_LONG OPT_TEMP
+set -- "${OPTRET[@]}"
+unset OPT_SHORT OPT_LONG OPTRET
 
 while true; do
 	case "$1" in
@@ -1997,7 +1998,7 @@ while true; do
 		--nosign)         SIGNPKG='n' ;;
 		-o|--nobuild)     NOBUILD=1 ;;
 		-p)               shift; BUILDFILE=$1 ;;
-		--pkg)            shift; PKGLIST=($1) ;;
+		--pkg)            shift; IFS=, read -ra p <<<"$1"; PKGLIST+=("${p[@]}"); unset p ;;
 		-r|--rmdeps)      RMDEPS=1 ;;
 		-R|--repackage)   REPKG=1 ;;
 		--skipchecksums)  SKIPCHECKSUMS=1 ;;
@@ -2010,8 +2011,7 @@ while true; do
 		-h|--help)        usage; exit 0 ;; # E_OK
 		-V|--version)     version; exit 0 ;; # E_OK
 
-		--)               OPT_IND=0; shift; break;;
-		*)                usage; exit 1 ;; # E_INVALID_OPTION
+		--)               OPT_IND=0; shift; break 2;;
 	esac
 	shift
 done
diff --git a/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in b/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in
index 288b76eb..bd2c7397 100644
--- a/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/pacman-key.sh.in
@@ -49,40 +49,43 @@ DEFAULT_KEYSERVER='hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net'
 
 m4_include(library/output_format.sh)
 
-m4_include(library/parse_options.sh)
+m4_include(library/parseopts.sh)
 
 usage() {
 	printf "pacman-key (pacman) %s\n" ${myver}
 	echo
-	printf -- "$(gettext "Usage: %s [options]")\n" $(basename $0)
+	printf -- "$(gettext "Usage: %s [options] operation [targets]")\n" $(basename $0)
 	echo
 	printf -- "$(gettext "Manage pacman's list of trusted keys")\n"
 	echo
-	printf -- "$(gettext "Options:")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  -a, --add [file(s)]       Add the specified keys (empty for stdin)")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  -d, --delete <keyid(s)>   Remove the specified keyids")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  -e, --export [keyid(s)]   Export the specified or all keyids")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  -f, --finger [keyid(s)]   List fingerprint for specified or all keyids")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  -h, --help                Show this help message and exit")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  -l, --list-keys [keyid(s)] List the specified or all keys")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  -r, --recv-keys <keyid(s)> Fetch the specified keyids")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "Operations:")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  -a, --add                 Add the specified keys (empty for stdin)")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  -d, --delete              Remove the specified keyids")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  -e, --export              Export the specified or all keyids")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  -f, --finger              List fingerprint for specified or all keyids")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  -l, --list-keys           List the specified or all keys")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  -r, --recv-keys           Fetch the specified keyids")\n"
 	printf -- "$(gettext "  -u, --updatedb            Update the trustdb of pacman")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  -v, --verify <signature>  Verify the file specified by the signature")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  -V, --version             Show program version")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  -v, --verify              Verify the file(s) specified by the signature(s)")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  --edit-key                Present a menu for key management task on keyids")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  --import                  Imports pubring.gpg from dir(s)")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  --import-trustdb          Imports ownertrust values from trustdb.gpg in dir(s)")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  --init                    Ensure the keyring is properly initialized")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  --list-sigs               List keys and their signatures")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  --lsign-key               Locally sign the specified keyid")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  --populate                Reload the default keys from the (given) keyrings\n\
+                            in '%s'")\n" "@pkgdatadir@/keyrings"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  --refresh-keys            Update specified or all keys from a keyserver")\n"
+	echo
+	printf -- "$(gettext "Options:")\n"
 	printf -- "$(gettext "  --config <file>           Use an alternate config file (instead of\n\
                             '%s')")\n" "@sysconfdir@/pacman.conf"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  --edit-key <keyid(s)>     Present a menu for key management task on keyids")\n"
 	printf -- "$(gettext "  --gpgdir <dir>            Set an alternate directory for GnuPG (instead\n\
                             of '%s')")\n" "@sysconfdir@/pacman.d/gnupg"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  --import <dir(s)>         Imports pubring.gpg from dir(s)")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  --import-trustdb <dir(s)> Imports ownertrust values from trustdb.gpg in dir(s)")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  --init                    Ensure the keyring is properly initialized")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  --keyserver               Specify a keyserver to use if necessary")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  --list-sigs [keyid(s)]    List keys and their signatures")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  --lsign-key <keyid>       Locally sign the specified keyid")\n"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  --populate [keyring(s)]   Reload the default keys from the (given) keyrings\n\
-                            in '%s'")\n" "@pkgdatadir@/keyrings"
-	printf -- "$(gettext "  --refresh-keys [keyid(s)] Update specified or all keys from a keyserver")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  --keyserver <server-url>  Specify a keyserver to use if necessary")\n"
+	echo
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  -h, --help                Show this help message and exit")\n"
+	printf -- "$(gettext "  -V, --version             Show program version")\n"
 }
 
 version() {
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ add_gpg_conf_option() {
 
 check_keyids_exist() {
 	local ret=0
-	for key in "${KEYIDS[@]}"; do
+	for key in "$@"; do
 		# Verify if the key exists in pacman's keyring
 		if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --list-keys "$key" &>/dev/null ; then
 			error "$(gettext "The key identified by %s could not be found locally.")" "$key"
@@ -217,16 +220,16 @@ check_keyring() {
 populate_keyring() {
 	local KEYRING_IMPORT_DIR='@pkgdatadir@/keyrings'
 
-	local keyring
+	local keyring KEYRINGIDS=("$@")
 	local ret=0
-	if [[ -z ${KEYRINGIDS[@]} ]]; then
+	if (( ${#KEYRINGIDS[*]} == 0 )); then
 		# get list of all available keyrings
 		shopt -s nullglob
 		KEYRINGIDS=("$KEYRING_IMPORT_DIR"/*.gpg)
 		shopt -u nullglob
 		KEYRINGIDS=("${KEYRINGIDS[@]##*/}")
 		KEYRINGIDS=("${KEYRINGIDS[@]%.gpg}")
-		if [[ -z ${KEYRINGIDS[@]} ]]; then
+		if (( ${#KEYRINGIDS[*]} == 0 )); then
 			error "$(gettext "No keyring files exist in %s.")" "$KEYRING_IMPORT_DIR"
 			ret=1
 		fi
@@ -311,24 +314,24 @@ populate_keyring() {
 }
 
 add_keys() {
-	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --quiet --batch --import "${KEYFILES[@]}" ; then
+	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --quiet --batch --import "$@" ; then
 		error "$(gettext "A specified keyfile could not be added to the gpg keychain.")"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 }
 
 delete_keys() {
-	check_keyids_exist
-	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --quiet --batch --delete-key --yes "${KEYIDS[@]}" ; then
+	check_keyids_exist "$@"
+	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --quiet --batch --delete-key --yes "$@" ; then
 		error "$(gettext "A specified key could not be removed from the gpg keychain.")"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 }
 
 edit_keys() {
-	check_keyids_exist
+	check_keyids_exist "$@"
 	local ret=0
-	for key in "${KEYIDS[@]}"; do
+	for key in "$@"; do
 		if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --edit-key "$key" ; then
 			error "$(gettext "The key identified by %s could not be edited.")" "$key"
 			ret=1
@@ -340,8 +343,8 @@ edit_keys() {
 }
 
 export_keys() {
-	check_keyids_exist
-	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --armor --export "${KEYIDS[@]}" ; then
+	check_keyids_exist "$@"
+	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --armor --export "$@" ; then
 		error "$(gettext "A specified key could not be exported from the gpg keychain.")"
 		exit 1
 	fi
@@ -349,7 +352,7 @@ export_keys() {
 
 finger_keys() {
 	check_keyids_exist
-	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --batch --fingerprint "${KEYIDS[@]}" ; then
+	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --batch --fingerprint "$@" ; then
 		error "$(gettext "The fingerprint of a specified key could not be determined.")"
 		exit 1
 	fi
@@ -358,7 +361,7 @@ finger_keys() {
 import_trustdb() {
 	local importdir
 	local ret=0
-	for importdir in "${IMPORT_DIRS[@]}"; do
+	for importdir in "$@"; do
 		if [[ -f "${importdir}/trustdb.gpg" ]]; then
 			gpg --homedir "${importdir}" --export-ownertrust | \
 				"${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --import-ownertrust -
@@ -379,7 +382,7 @@ import_trustdb() {
 import() {
 	local importdir
 	local ret=0
-	for importdir in "${IMPORT_DIRS[@]}"; do
+	for importdir in "$@"; do
 		if [[ -f "${importdir}/pubring.gpg" ]]; then
 			if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --quiet --batch --import "${importdir}/pubring.gpg" ; then
 				error "$(gettext "%s could not be imported.")" "${importdir}/pubring.gpg"
@@ -397,7 +400,7 @@ import() {
 
 list_keys() {
 	check_keyids_exist
-	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --batch --list-keys "${KEYIDS[@]}" ; then
+	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --batch --list-keys "$@" ; then
 		error "$(gettext "A specified key could not be listed.")"
 		exit 1
 	fi
@@ -405,7 +408,7 @@ list_keys() {
 
 list_sigs() {
 	check_keyids_exist
-	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --batch --list-sigs "${KEYIDS[@]}" ; then
+	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --batch --list-sigs "$@" ; then
 		error "$(gettext "A specified signature could not be listed.")"
 		exit 1
 	fi
@@ -413,7 +416,7 @@ list_sigs() {
 
 lsign_keys() {
 	check_keyids_exist
-	printf 'y\ny\n' | LANG=C "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --command-fd 0 --quiet --batch --lsign-key "${KEYIDS[@]}" 2>/dev/null
+	printf 'y\ny\n' | LANG=C "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --command-fd 0 --quiet --batch --lsign-key "$@" 2>/dev/null
 	if (( PIPESTATUS[1] )); then
 		error "$(gettext "A specified key could not be locally signed.")"
 		exit 1
@@ -421,25 +424,30 @@ lsign_keys() {
 }
 
 receive_keys() {
-	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --recv-keys "${KEYIDS[@]}" ; then
+	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --recv-keys "$@" ; then
 		error "$(gettext "Remote key not fetched correctly from keyserver.")"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 }
 
 refresh_keys() {
-	check_keyids_exist
-	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --refresh-keys "${KEYIDS[@]}" ; then
+	check_keyids_exist "$@"
+	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --refresh-keys "$@" ; then
 		error "$(gettext "A specified local key could not be updated from a keyserver.")"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 }
 
 verify_sig() {
-	if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --status-fd 1 --verify $SIGNATURE | grep -qE 'TRUST_(FULLY|ULTIMATE)'; then
-		error "$(gettext "The signature identified by %s could not be verified.")" "$SIGNATURE"
-		exit 1
-	fi
+	local ret=0
+	for sig; do
+		msg "Checking %s ..." "$sig"
+		if ! "${GPG_PACMAN[@]}" --status-fd 1 --verify "$sig" | grep -qE 'TRUST_(FULLY|ULTIMATE)'; then
+			error "$(gettext "The signature identified by %s could not be verified.")" "$sig"
+			ret=1
+		fi
+	done
+	exit $ret
 }
 
 updatedb() {
@@ -457,56 +465,55 @@ if ! type gettext &>/dev/null; then
 	}
 fi
 
-OPT_SHORT="a::d:e::f::hl::r:uv:V"
-OPT_LONG="add::,config:,delete:,edit-key:,export::,finger::,gpgdir:"
-OPT_LONG+=",help,import:,import-trustdb:,init,keyserver:,list-keys::,list-sigs::"
-OPT_LONG+=",lsign-key:,populate::,recv-keys:,refresh-keys::,updatedb"
-OPT_LONG+=",verify:,version"
-if ! OPT_TEMP="$(parse_options $OPT_SHORT $OPT_LONG "$@")"; then
-	echo; usage; exit 1 # E_INVALID_OPTION;
+OPT_SHORT="adefhlruvV"
+OPT_LONG=('add' 'config:' 'delete' 'edit-key' 'export' 'finger' 'gpgdir:'
+          'help' 'import' 'import-trustdb' 'init' 'keyserver:' 'list-keys' 'list-sigs'
+          'lsign-key' 'populate' 'recv-keys' 'refresh-keys' 'updatedb'
+          'verify' 'version')
+if ! parseopts "$OPT_SHORT" "${OPT_LONG[@]}" -- "$@"; then
+	exit 1 # E_INVALID_OPTION;
 fi
-eval set -- "$OPT_TEMP"
-unset OPT_SHORT OPT_LONG OPT_TEMP
+set -- "${OPTRET[@]}"
+unset OPT_SHORT OPT_LONG OPTRET
 
 if [[ $1 == "--" ]]; then
 	usage;
 	exit 0;
 fi
 
-while true; do
-	case "$1" in
-		-a|--add)         ADD=1; [[ -n $2 && ${2:0:1} != "-" ]] && shift && KEYFILES=($1); UPDATEDB=1 ;;
+while (( $# )); do
+	case $1 in
+		-a|--add)         ADD=1 UPDATEDB=1 ;;
 		--config)         shift; CONFIG=$1 ;;
-		-d|--delete)      DELETE=1; shift; KEYIDS=($1); UPDATEDB=1 ;;
-		--edit-key)       EDITKEY=1; shift; KEYIDS=($1); UPDATEDB=1 ;;
-		-e|--export)      EXPORT=1; [[ -n $2 && ${2:0:1} != "-" ]] && shift && KEYIDS=($1) ;;
-		-f|--finger)      FINGER=1; [[ -n $2 && ${2:0:1} != "-" ]] && shift && KEYIDS=($1) ;;
+		-d|--delete)      DELETE=1 UPDATEDB=1 ;;
+		--edit-key)       EDITKEY=1 UPDATEDB=1 ;;
+		-e|--export)      EXPORT=1 ;;
+		-f|--finger)      FINGER=1 ;;
 		--gpgdir)         shift; PACMAN_KEYRING_DIR=$1 ;;
-		--import)         IMPORT=1; shift; IMPORT_DIRS=($1); UPDATEDB=1 ;;
-		--import-trustdb) IMPORT_TRUSTDB=1; shift; IMPORT_DIRS=($1); UPDATEDB=1 ;;
+		--import)         IMPORT=1 UPDATEDB=1 ;;
+		--import-trustdb) IMPORT_TRUSTDB=1 UPDATEDB=1 ;;
 		--init)           INIT=1 ;;
 		--keyserver)      shift; KEYSERVER=$1 ;;
-		-l|--list-keys)   LISTKEYS=1; [[ -n $2 && ${2:0:1} != "-" ]] && shift && KEYIDS=($1) ;;
-		--list-sigs)      LISTSIGS=1; [[ -n $2 && ${2:0:1} != "-" ]] && shift && KEYIDS=($1) ;;
-		--lsign-key)      LSIGNKEY=1; shift; KEYIDS=($1); UPDATEDB=1 ;;
-		--populate)       POPULATE=1; [[ -n $2 && ${2:0:1} != "-" ]] && shift && KEYRINGIDS=($1); UPDATEDB=1 ;;
-		-r|--recv-keys)   RECEIVE=1; shift; KEYIDS=($1); UPDATEDB=1 ;;
-		--refresh-keys)   REFRESH=1; [[ -n $2 && ${2:0:1} != "-" ]] && shift && KEYIDS=($1) ;;
+		-l|--list-keys)   LISTKEYS=1 ;;
+		--list-sigs)      LISTSIGS=1 ;;
+		--lsign-key)      LSIGNKEY=1 UPDATEDB=1 ;;
+		--populate)       POPULATE=1 UPDATEDB=1 ;;
+		-r|--recv-keys)   RECEIVE=1 UPDATEDB=1 ;;
+		--refresh-keys)   REFRESH=1 ;;
 		-u|--updatedb)    UPDATEDB=1 ;;
-		-v|--verify)      VERIFY=1; shift; SIGNATURE=$1 ;;
+		-v|--verify)      VERIFY=1 ;;
 
 		-h|--help)        usage; exit 0 ;;
 		-V|--version)     version; exit 0 ;;
 
-		--)               OPT_IND=0; shift; break;;
-		*)                usage; exit 1 ;;
+		--)               shift; break 2 ;;
 	esac
 	shift
 done
 
 
 if ! type -p gpg >/dev/null; then
-    error "$(gettext "Cannot find the %s binary required for all %s operations.")" "gpg" "pacman-key"
+	error "$(gettext "Cannot find the %s binary required for all %s operations.")" "gpg" "pacman-key"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -549,23 +556,30 @@ case $numopt in
 		;;
 esac
 
+# check for targets where needed
+if (( (ADD || DELETE || EDIT || IMPORT || IMPORT_TRUSTDB ||
+		LSIGNKEY || RECEIVE || VERIFY) && $# == 0 )); then
+	error "$(gettext "No targets specified")"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 (( ! INIT )) && check_keyring
 
-(( ADD )) && add_keys
-(( DELETE )) && delete_keys
-(( EDITKEY )) && edit_keys
-(( EXPORT )) && export_keys
-(( FINGER )) && finger_keys
-(( IMPORT )) && import
-(( IMPORT_TRUSTDB)) && import_trustdb
+(( ADD )) && add_keys "$@"
+(( DELETE )) && delete_keys "$@"
+(( EDITKEY )) && edit_keys "$@"
+(( EXPORT )) && export_keys "$@"
+(( FINGER )) && finger_keys "$@"
+(( IMPORT )) && import "$@"
+(( IMPORT_TRUSTDB)) && import_trustdb "$@"
 (( INIT )) && initialize
-(( LISTKEYS )) && list_keys
-(( LISTSIGS )) && list_sigs
-(( LSIGNKEY )) && lsign_keys
-(( POPULATE )) && populate_keyring
-(( RECEIVE )) && receive_keys
-(( REFRESH )) && refresh_keys
-(( VERIFY )) && verify_sig
+(( LISTKEYS )) && list_keys "$@"
+(( LISTSIGS )) && list_sigs "$@"
+(( LSIGNKEY )) && lsign_keys "$@"
+(( POPULATE )) && populate_keyring "$@"
+(( RECEIVE )) && receive_keys "$@"
+(( REFRESH )) && refresh_keys "$@"
+(( VERIFY )) && verify_sig "$@"
 
 (( UPDATEDB )) && updatedb
 
diff --git a/scripts/po/POTFILES.in b/scripts/po/POTFILES.in
index 007e535f..162731b9 100644
--- a/scripts/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/scripts/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ scripts/pacman-optimize.sh.in
 scripts/pkgdelta.sh.in
 scripts/repo-add.sh.in
 scripts/library/output_format.sh
-scripts/library/parse_options.sh
+scripts/library/parseopts.sh
diff --git a/test/scripts/Makefile.am b/test/scripts/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b949e880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+check_SCRIPTS = \
+	parseopts_test.sh
+
+noinst_SCRIPTS = $(check_SCRIPTS)
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	$(check_SCRIPTS)
+
+# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 noet:
diff --git a/test/scripts/parseopts_test.sh b/test/scripts/parseopts_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b5c07b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scripts/parseopts_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+declare -i testcount=0 pass=0 fail=0
+
+# source the library function
+if [[ -z $1 || ! -f $1 ]]; then
+  printf "error: path to parseopts library not provided or does not exist\n"
+  exit 1
+fi
+. "$1"
+
+if ! type -t parseopts >/dev/null; then
+  printf 'parseopts function not found\n'
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# borrow opts from makepkg
+OPT_SHORT="AcdefFghiLmop:rRsV"
+OPT_LONG=('allsource' 'asroot' 'ignorearch' 'check' 'clean:' 'cleanall' 'nodeps'
+          'noextract' 'force' 'forcever:' 'geninteg' 'help' 'holdver'
+          'install' 'key:' 'log' 'nocolor' 'nobuild' 'nocheck' 'nosign' 'pkg:' 'rmdeps'
+          'repackage' 'skipinteg' 'sign' 'source' 'syncdeps' 'version' 'config:'
+          'noconfirm' 'noprogressbar')
+
+parse() {
+  local result=$1 tokencount=$2; shift 2
+
+  (( ++testcount ))
+  parseopts "$OPT_SHORT" "${OPT_LONG[@]}" -- "$@" 2>/dev/null
+  test_result "$result" "$tokencount" "$*" "${OPTRET[@]}"
+  unset OPTRET
+}
+
+test_result() {
+  local result=$1 tokencount=$2 input=$3; shift 3
+
+  if [[ $result = "$*" ]] && (( tokencount == $# )); then
+    (( ++pass ))
+  else
+    printf '[TEST %3s]: FAIL\n' "$testcount"
+    printf '      input: %s\n' "$input"
+    printf '     output: %s (%s tokens)\n' "$*" "$#"
+    printf '   expected: %s (%s tokens)\n' "$result" "$tokencount"
+    echo
+    (( ++fail ))
+  fi
+}
+
+summarize() {
+  if (( !fail )); then
+    printf 'All %s tests successful\n' "$testcount"
+    exit 0
+  else
+    printf '%s of %s tests failed\n' "$fail" "$testcount"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+trap 'summarize' EXIT
+
+printf 'Beginning parseopts tests\n'
+
+# usage: parse <expected result> <token count> test-params...
+# a failed parse will match only the end of options marker '--'
+
+# no options
+parse '--' 1
+
+# short options
+parse '-s -r --' 3 -s -r
+
+# short options, no spaces
+parse '-s -r --' 3 -sr
+
+# short opt missing an opt arg
+parse '--' 1 -s -p
+
+# short opt with an opt arg
+parse '-p PKGBUILD -L --' 4 -p PKGBUILD -L
+
+# short opt with an opt arg, no space
+parse '-p PKGBUILD --' 3 -pPKGBUILD
+
+# valid shortopts as a long opt
+parse '--' 1 --sir
+
+# long opt wiht no optarg
+parse '--log --' 2 --log
+
+# long opt with missing optarg
+parse '--' 1 -sr --pkg
+
+# long opt with optarg
+parse '--pkg foo --' 3 --pkg foo
+
+# long opt with optarg with whitespace
+parse '--pkg foo bar -- baz' 4 --pkg "foo bar" baz
+
+# long opt with optarg with =
+parse '--pkg foo=bar -- baz' 4 --pkg foo=bar baz
+
+# long opt with explicit optarg
+parse '--pkg bar -- foo baz' 5 foo --pkg=bar baz
+
+# long opt with explicit optarg, with whitespace
+parse '--pkg foo bar -- baz' 4 baz --pkg="foo bar"
+
+# long opt with explicit optarg that doesn't take optarg
+parse '--' 1 --force=always -s
+
+# long opt with explicit optarg with =
+parse '--pkg foo=bar --' 3 --pkg=foo=bar
+
+# explicit end of options with options after
+parse '-s -r -- foo bar baz' 6 -s -r -- foo bar baz
+
+# non-option parameters mixed in with options
+parse '-s -r -- foo baz' 5 -s foo baz -r
+
+# optarg with whitespace
+parse '-p foo bar -s --' 4 -p'foo bar' -s
+
+# non-option parameter with whitespace
+parse '-i -- foo bar' 3 -i 'foo bar'
+
+# successful stem match (opt has no arg)
+parse '--nocolor --' 2 --nocol
+
+# successful stem match (opt has arg)
+parse '--config foo --' 3 --conf foo
+
+# ambiguous long opt
+parse '--' 1 '--for'
+
+# exact match on a possible stem (--force & --forcever)
+parse '--force --' 2 --force
+
+# exact match on possible stem (opt has optarg)
+parse '--clean foo --' 3 --clean=foo