openssh bugs - Jun 2008 - [Bug 1478] New: ssh -V sends output to stderr instead of stdout

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1478

           Summary: ssh -V sends output to stderr instead of stdout
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 5.0p1
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Documentation
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: lars at umich.edu


The Version number is sent to stderr instead of stdout.  

The behavior can be duplicated on several platforms:

OpenBSD 4.3 GENERIC.MP#0 amd64: 
 $ ssh -V >x 2>&1  ;echo ---;cat x;wc -l x
 ---
 OpenSSH_5.0, OpenSSL 0.9.7j 04 May 2006
        1 x
 $ ssh -V > x;cat x;wc -l x
 OpenSSH_5.0, OpenSSL 0.9.7j 04 May 2006
        0 x


Linux 2.6.24-18-generic #1 SMP Wed May 28 19:28:38 UTC 2008 x86_64
 $ ssh -V >x 2>&1  ;echo ---;cat x;wc -l x
 ---
 OpenSSH_4.7p1 Debian-8ubuntu1.2, OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007
 1 x
 $ ssh -V >x ;echo ---;cat x;wc -l x
 OpenSSH_4.7p1 Debian-8ubuntu1.2, OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007
 ---
 0 x


OpenBSD 4.2 GENERIC#3 i386
 $ ssh -V >x 2>&1  ;echo ---;cat x;wc -l x
 ---
 OpenSSH_4.7, OpenSSL 0.9.7j 04 May 2006
        1 x
 $ ssh -V >x  ;echo ---;cat x;wc -l x
 OpenSSH_4.7, OpenSSL 0.9.7j 04 May 2006
 ---
        0 x


Linux 2.6.21.3 #5 SMP Thu Feb 14 14:55:36 EST 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
 $ ssh -V >x 2>&1  ;echo ---;cat x;wc -l x
 ---
 OpenSSH_4.6p1-hpn12v17, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004
 1 x
 $ ssh -V > x ; echo --- ; cat x ; wc -l x
 OpenSSH_4.6p1-hpn12v17, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004
 ---
 0 x

OpenBSD 4.3 GENERIC#698 i386
 $ ssh -V >x 2>&1  ;echo ---;cat x;wc -l x
 ---
 OpenSSH_4.8, OpenSSL 0.9.7j 04 May 2006
        1 x

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX
                 CC|                            |djm at mindrot.org




--- Comment #1 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org>  2008-06-25
15:28:58 ---
I'm not sure why you consider this a bug. The man page documents
'-V'
as "displaying" the version number and doesn't make any statements
as
to which stdio channel it is sent.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED




--- Comment #2 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org>  2008-07-22
12:25:00 ---
Mass update RESOLVED->CLOSED after release of openssh-5.1

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--- Comment #3 from Lars Nood?n <lars at umich.edu>  2008-07-26 14:58:09
---
Still seems to be present in v 5.1:

$ ssh -V > x;echo ---;cat x;wc -l x
OpenSSH_5.1, OpenSSL 0.9.7j 04 May 2006
---
       0 x
$ ssh -V >x 2>&1  ;echo ---;cat x;wc -l x
---
OpenSSH_5.1, OpenSSL 0.9.7j 04 May 2006
       1 x
$

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