gnome-session does not show version info

[SamP]

Following command has no output.
$ gnome-session --version
However, help says,
$ gnome-session --help
Usage:
  gnome-session-binary [OPTION...] - the GNOME session manager

Help Options:
  -h, --help Show help options

Application Options:
  -a, --autostart=AUTOSTART_DIR Override standard autostart directories
  --session=SESSION_NAME Session to use
  --debug Enable debugging code
  -f, --failsafe Do not load user-specified applications
  --version Version of this application
  --whale Show the fail whale dialog for testing
  --disable-acceleration-check Disable hardware acceleration check

Also, in man, there in no entry for gnome-session.

[Bruce Pieterse (octoquad)]

I do have a man page, but the --version does not exist.

gnome-session:
  Installed: 3.20.2-1ubuntu3
  Candidate: 3.20.2-1ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 3.20.2-1ubuntu3 500
        500 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[SamP (sampath-priyankara)]

Hi Bruce,
You are right. My mistake.
It does have a man page. What I meant was, no entry for "--version" in man page.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

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