[Pkg-tigervnc-devel] Bug#1120334: tigervnc-standalone-server: vncserver -version outputs empty string

[Mike Gulick]

Package: tigervnc-standalone-server
Version: 1.15.0+dfsg-2
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: mgulick at mathworks.com

Dear Maintainer,

When trying to obtain the version of the TigerVNC server, the '-version' switch
outputs nothing:

[mgulick at ah-mgulick3-l:~] ...
$ Xtigervnc -version
[mgulick at ah-mgulick3-l:~] ...
$ vncserver -version

It is possible to get the version from '-help', but this also normally outputs a
lot more information unless you filter it with grep:

[mgulick at ah-mgulick3-l:~] ...
$ Xtigervnc -help |& grep TigerVNC
Xvnc TigerVNC 1.15.0 - built 2025-05-05 22:30
Copyright (C) 1999-2025 TigerVNC team and many others (see README.rst)
See https://www.tigervnc.org for information on TigerVNC.

-Mike

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.12.48+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages tigervnc-standalone-server depends on:
ii  libaudit1                   1:4.0.2-2+b2
ii  libc6                       2.41-12
ii  libfile-readbackwards-perl  1.06-2
ii  libgbm1                     25.0.7-2
ii  libgl1                      1.7.0-1+b2
ii  libgmp10                    2:6.3.0+dfsg-3
ii  libgnutls30t64              3.8.9-3
ii  libhogweed6t64              3.10.1-1
ii  libjpeg62-turbo             1:2.1.5-4
ii  libnettle8t64               3.10.1-1
ii  libpam0g                    1.7.0-5
ii  libpixman-1-0               0.44.0-3
ii  libselinux1                 3.8.1-1
ii  libstdc++6                  14.2.0-19
ii  libsystemd0                 257.8-1~deb13u2
ii  libunwind8                  1.8.1-0.1
ii  libxau6                     1:1.0.11-1
ii  libxcvt0                    0.1.3-1
ii  libxdmcp6                   1:1.1.5-1
ii  libxfont2                   1:2.0.6-1+b3
ii  libxshmfence1               1.3.3-1
ii  perl                        5.40.1-6
ii  tigervnc-common             1.15.0+dfsg-2
ii  x11-xkb-utils               7.7+9
ii  xauth                       1:1.1.2-1.1
ii  xkb-data                    2.42-1
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b1

Versions of packages tigervnc-standalone-server recommends:
ii  libgl1-mesa-dri    25.0.7-2
ii  tigervnc-tools     1.15.0+dfsg-2
ii  x11-xserver-utils  7.7+11
ii  xfonts-base        1:1.0.5+nmu1

Versions of packages tigervnc-standalone-server suggests:
ii  openssl          3.5.1-1+deb13u1
ii  xfonts-100dpi    1:1.0.5
ii  xfonts-75dpi     1:1.0.5
ii  xfonts-scalable  1:1.0.3-1.3

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