[Bug-wget] [bug #54826] too much output on wget --version

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URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54826>

                 Summary: too much output on wget --version
                 Project: GNU Wget
            Submitted by: now3d
            Submitted on: Fri 12 Oct 2018 09:55:35 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 1.19.4
        Operating System: None
         Reproducibility: None
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None
              Regression: None
           Work Required: None
          Patch Included: None

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Details:

Hello

I noticed contary to other GNU tools, wget --version has a lot of extra output
about the compiler build. Can that be removed?

If needed, wget --build-info could be added?

Thanks, Jonny


$ wget --version
GNU Wget 1.19.4 built on linux-gnu.

-cares +digest -gpgme +https +ipv6 +iri +large-file -metalink +nls 
+ntlm +opie +psl +ssl/openssl 

Wgetrc: 
    /etc/wgetrc (system)
Locale: 
    /usr/share/locale 
Compile: 
    gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DSYSTEM_WGETRC="/etc/wgetrc" 
    -DLOCALEDIR="/usr/share/locale" -I. -I../../src -I../lib 
    -I../../lib -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DHAVE_LIBSSL -DNDEBUG 
    -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/wget-LB8XFP/wget-1.19.4=. 
    -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security 
    -DNO_SSLv2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g -Wall 
Link: 
    gcc -DHAVE_LIBSSL -DNDEBUG -g -O2 
    -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/wget-LB8XFP/wget-1.19.4=. 
    -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security 
    -DNO_SSLv2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g -Wall -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions 
    -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -lpcre -luuid -lidn2 -lssl -lcrypto -lpsl 
    ftp-opie.o openssl.o http-ntlm.o ../lib/libgnu.a 

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Originally written by Hrvoje Niksic <address@hidden>.
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