Bug 67865 – "up2date --version" does NOT display version

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Bug 67865 - "up2date --version" does NOT display version

Summary:	"up2date --version" does NOT display version

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	up2date (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.3
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Adrian Likins
QA Contact:	Jay Turner
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Reported:	2002-07-03 09:30 EDT by Ron Whiteleather
Modified:	2015-01-07 18:57 EST (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2002-08-09 07:38:53 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2002:140	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Updated up2date and rhn_register packages available	2002-07-11 00:00:00 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2003:177	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	: Updated up2date and rhn_register clients available	2003-05-27 00:00:00 EDT

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Description Ron Whiteleather 2002-07-03 09:30:37 EDT

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Description of problem:
The "--version" option should at least display the dam version.  How about
adding an option like "--authors" to display who wrote the thing?  Only
displaying the authors when the version is requested only serves to identify the
guilty!  

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. execute "up2date --version"
2. inspect the displayed window
3. Q.E.D.
	

Actual Results:  A window is displayed that contains information about who
authored this thing.

Expected Results:  A window should be displayed showing the current version.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Adrian Likins 2002-07-08 16:25:25 EDT

The displayed window for me shows at the top
"About Red Hat Update Agent 2.7.86"

Are you not seeing the same ?

Comment 2 Ron Whiteleather 2002-08-09 07:38:47 EDT

NO!!!  Why would I go through the trouble of entering this bug report if I could
see the version info???  Try looking again!  I have verified this under both KDE
and Gnome window managers AND in plain text mode using the --nox option as follows:

#up2date --version --nox
Red Hat Update Agent v
Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under terms of the GPL.
#

This is a simple cut & paste from a terminal window.  Do you see any version???

The window titles under KDE and Gnome window managers only show "About".

Here is some more info that might be helpful:

# rpm -qa | grep up2date
up2date-gnome-2.7.61-7.x.2
up2date-2.7.61-7.x.2

Now, at least put as much effort into investigating this defect as I have into
reporting and documenting it!

Comment 3 Adrian Likins 2002-08-22 17:40:33 EDT

Sorry, but the versions I have work properly. 

2.7.61 does indeed not include the version, but has since
been  fixed.

Comment 4 Bill Peck 2003-05-27 11:27:50 EDT

An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-177.html

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