Why do they hide the version numbers?

[Bill Larson]

Ok, if something doesn't work the way that you want it - fix it.  This
is the advantage of open source.

> However, in this case the problem is obviously with the tools, not the
> server (which is a different kettle of fish).  Maybe I'm being picky,
> but being able to say "host --version" to find out which version of host
> continues to segfault seems to be a resonable request.