Bug 2537

Summary:	add --version argument
Product:	Portable OpenSSH	Reporter:	krichter
Component:	ssh	Assignee:	Assigned to nobody <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	djm, dtucker
Priority:	P5
Version:	7.1p1
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Linux

Description krichter 2016-02-02 22:02:08 AEDT

It would be helpful to have a `--version` parameter for the command printing the current version of the binary and of the versions of the most important dependencies if that makes sense.

experienced with V_7_1_P1-171-g4c6cb83

Comment 1 Darren Tucker 2016-02-03 07:54:29 AEDT

double-dash options are a GNU extension not part of POSIX.  There's already an option in ssh(1):

$ ssh -V
OpenSSH_7.1, LibreSSL 2.3.2

Comment 2 krichter 2016-02-05 22:30:55 AEDT

Could it be added to `ssh --help` although not being essential?

Comment 3 Damien Miller 2016-08-02 10:40:39 AEST

Close all resolved bugs after 7.3p1 release