Comment 0 for bug 1752523

== Comment: #0 - PAVITHRA R. PRAKASH <email address hidden> - 2018-03-01 00:30:14 ==
---Problem Description---

Ubuntu 18.04 [ P9 WSP DD2.2 ]: lshw version is displayed as "unknown" and -json option is not available in help message.

---Environment--
Kernel Build: Ubuntu 18.04
System Name : wcwsp3
Model/Type : P9
Platform : BML

---Uname output---

root@ltc-wcwsp3:~# uname -a
Linux ltc-wcwsp3 4.15.0-10-generic #11 SMP Thu Feb 22 23:50:53 EST 2018 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux

---Steps to reproduce--

1. Run below commands.

# lshw -version
# lshw -h

---Logs----

root@ltc-wcwsp3:~# lshw -version
unknown
root@ltc-wcwsp3:~# lshw -h
Hardware Lister (lshw) - unknown
usage: lshw [-format] [-options ...]
       lshw -version

 -version print program version (unknown)

format can be
 -html output hardware tree as HTML
 -xml output hardware tree as XML
 -short output hardware paths
 -businfo output bus information

options can be
 -class CLASS only show a certain class of hardware
 -C CLASS same as '-class CLASS'
 -c CLASS same as '-class CLASS'
 -disable TEST disable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
 -enable TEST enable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
 -quiet don't display status
 -sanitize sanitize output (remove sensitive information like serial numbers, etc.)
 -numeric output numeric IDs (for PCI, USB, etc.)
 -notime exclude volatile attributes (timestamps) from output

== Comment: #1 - Chandni Verma <email address hidden> - 2018-03-01 02:48:01 ==
Upstream patches:
https://github.com/lyonel/lshw/commit/18edc98f9d08883f340087cfefbdf05c585d56f7
and
https://github.com/lyonel/lshw/commit/503c76a35a9e97a098af7c1ac793a7e13c07ce70

should fix the version and missing -json option issues respectively.

Kindly cherry pick them and verify.

Thanks!