openssh bugs - Mar 2017 - [Bug 2690] New: Add command line "ssh --version"

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2690

            Bug ID: 2690
           Summary: Add command line "ssh --version"
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 7.2p2
          Hardware: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: ssh
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
          Reporter: jg at jguk.org

I am using
ssh -V
OpenSSH_7.2p2 Ubuntu-4ubuntu2.1, OpenSSL 1.0.2g  1 Mar 2016


Would you support a patch to add "ssh --version" this is the standard
way to check the version, it is unclear what version ssh from the help
output, so could add it to that as well. If there was agreement.

$ ssh
usage: ssh [-1246AaCfGgKkMNnqsTtVvXxYy] [-b bind_address] [-c
cipher_spec]
           [-D [bind_address:]port] [-E log_file] [-e escape_char]
           [-F configfile] [-I pkcs11] [-i identity_file] [-L address]
           [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p
port]
           [-Q query_option] [-R address] [-S ctl_path] [-W host:port]
           [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]] [user@]hostname [command]


I would suggest adding the version to this output as well. And also
--version command line on the parameters

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Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au> ---
(In reply to jg from comment #0)
> Would you support a patch to add "ssh --version" this is the
> standard way
--version (and long options in general) are not standard (see
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getopt.html),
they're a GNU extension.

So, no, probably not.

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--- Comment #2 from jg at jguk.org ---
I appreciate that GNU long options aren't part of POSIX, but when they
are so common, is it not worth being GNU compatible now?

The other question, is could the usage be updated to include the
current version? eg

$ ssh
 OpenSSH_7.2p2 Ubuntu-4ubuntu2.1, OpenSSL 1.0.2g  1 Mar 2016
usage: ssh [-1246AaCfGgKkMNnqsTtVvXxYy] [-b bind_address] [-c
cipher_spec]
           [-D [bind_address:]port] [-E log_file] [-e escape_char] [-V]
           [-F configfile] [-I pkcs11] [-i identity_file] [-L address]
           [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p
port]
           [-Q query_option] [-R address] [-S ctl_path] [-W host:port]
           [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]] [user@]hostname [command]

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Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au> changed:

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         Resolution|---                         |WORKSFORME
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED

--- Comment #3 from Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au> ---
(In reply to jg from comment #2)
> I appreciate that GNU long options aren't part of POSIX, but when
> they are so common, is it not worth being GNU compatible now?
No.
> The other question, is could the usage be updated to include the
> current version? eg
It's not relevant to the usage, so probably not.

Thanks for the suggestions but they are not something we are interested
in implementing at this time.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #4 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> ---
closing resolved bugs as of 8.6p1 release

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