Re: patch --version

[Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>]

On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 16:41:49 +0200
Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:

> Shall "patch --version" really report the version to stderr (as it
> does now)? I think stdout would be better, since the user requested
> it; it's not an error.

I agree, especially that -v is likely to be either used interactively,
or via a script within $(), expecting stdout results.  GNU patch 2.5.9
appears to also use stdout for this.
-- 
Matt