Fixed #6017 -- Modified the Lax parser to allow --settings and the other core management arguments to appear anywhere in the argument list. Thanks to Todd O'Bryan for the suggestion and patch.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@7888 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/core/management/__init__.py

@@ -134,6 +134,35 @@ class LaxOptionParser(OptionParser):
     """
     def error(self, msg):
         pass
+    
+    def _process_args(self, largs, rargs, values):
+        """
+        Overrides OptionParser._process_args to exclusively handle default
+        options and ignore args and other options. 
+        
+        This overrides the behavior of the super class, which stop parsing 
+        at the first unrecognized option.
+        """
+        while rargs:
+            arg = rargs[0]
+            try:
+                if arg[0:2] == "--" and len(arg) > 2:
+                    # process a single long option (possibly with value(s))
+                    # the superclass code pops the arg off rargs
+                    self._process_long_opt(rargs, values)
+                elif arg[:1] == "-" and len(arg) > 1:
+                    # process a cluster of short options (possibly with
+                    # value(s) for the last one only)
+                    # the superclass code pops the arg off rargs
+                    self._process_short_opts(rargs, values)
+                else:
+                    # it's either a non-default option or an arg
+                    # either way, add it to the args list so we can keep
+                    # dealing with options
+                    del rargs[0]
+                    raise error
+            except:
+                largs.append(arg)
 
 class ManagementUtility(object):
     """