[Bug 894546] Re: Add --version switch

[Andreas Henriksson]

Fred.... not every open source project is a GNU project..... The GNU
Coding Standards are pretty insane in some places if you ask me (and
it's well known that I'm definitely not alone in thinking so). Please
don't expect every (non-GNU) program in existance to adopt it.

Also, you already have a command line for checking version of every
program. It also gives you the exact package version (so you'll be able
to figure out what patches has been applied on top of the upstream
version). Only knowing the upstream version is not good enough in many
cases. See the dpkg manpage for additional information.

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Title:
  Add --version switch

Status in “brltty” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “busybox” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “dash” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “dosfstools” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “e2fsprogs” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “espeak” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “fuse” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “hdparm” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “insserv” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “iproute” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “iputils” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “kbd” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “libcap2” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “module-init-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “netcat” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “netcat-openbsd” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “pam” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “util-linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “wireless-crda” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “wireless-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “wpasupplicant” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Add a --version switch so you can check the version from the command line.
  As per the GNU Coding Standards:
  http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Command_002dLine-Interfaces.html

  dash
  foundmnt
  init-checkconf (upstart)
  initctl2dot (upstart)
  lsmod (module-init-tools)
  mountpoint (initscripts)
  nc (netcat-openbsd)
  ntfscmp (ntfs-3g?)
  ping (iputils-ping)
  ping6 (iputils-ping)
  plymouth (plymouth)
  plymouthd (plymouth)
  static-sh (busybox-static)
  su (login)
  getcap (libcap2-bin)
  getpcaps (libcap2-bin)
  hdparm (hdparm)
  insserv (insserv)
  iwgetid (wireless-tools)
  losetup (mount)
  mount.fuse (fuse-utils)
  pam_tally (libpam-modules-bin)
  regdbdump (wireless-crda)
  rtacct (iproute)
  setcap (libcap2-bin)
  setvtrgb (kbd)
  tc (iproute)
  vstp (brltty)
  wpa_cli (wpasupplicant)
  wpa_supplicant (wpa_supplicant)

  dosfstools
  * dosfsck
  * mkdosfs
  * mkfs.msdos
  * mkfs.vfat

  e2fsprogs
  * badblocks
  * dumpe2fs
  * e2fsck
  * e2image
  * e2label
  * e2undo
  * logsave
  * mke2fs
  * mkfs.ext2
  * mkfs.ext3
  * mkfs.ext4
  * mkfs.ext4dev
  * tune2fs

  sysvinit-utils
  * bootlogd
  * fstab-decode
  * startpar
  * sulogin

  ntfs-3g
  * ntfsck
  * ntfsdump_logfile
  * ntfsmftalloc
  * ntfstruncate

  util-linux
  * agetty
  * blkid
  * cfdisk
  * fsck
  * fsfreeze
  * fstrim
  * getty
  * lsblk
  * mkfs.cramfs
  * more
  * tailf
  * wipefs

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