[Bug 894546] Re: Add --version switch

Fred 894546 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sun Nov 27 19:16:01 UTC 2011


You are right that all program in existence should adopt it.
Example, not the ones that does not use getlongopt().
But for the software that can support it, I think should support it.

Consistency is good. Programs should work the way the user expects.

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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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