Follow-up Comment #2, bug #54826 (project wget): wget is a user application. No other GNU package clutters the --version output in such a manner. What's the rationale for dumping the build config into the --version output? I can't see any valid reason to keep build config output there.
jonny@asus:~$ gcc --version gcc (Ubuntu 7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04) 7.3.0 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. jonny@asus:~$ bash --version GNU bash, version 4.4.19(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. jonny@asus:~$ ls --version ls (GNU coreutils) 8.28 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie. jonny@asus:~$ cp --version cp (GNU coreutils) 8.28 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Torbjorn Granlund, David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering. jonny@asus:~$ ld --version GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.30 Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence version 3 or (at your option) a later version. This program has absolutely no warranty. jonny@asus:~$ _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54826> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/
