Yes, that was what I mean.
> Am 29.07.2018 um 19:54 schrieb Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> On Jul 29, 2018, at 8:52 AM, Roland Knall <rknall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> The main intent for extcap-version was to provide a way, so that we can change commands calling the utility without loosing compatibility to older utilities. Mainly to introduce or change commands, like we did with the toolbar.
>
> Presumably you mean "the main intent for *adding an option to --extcap-verson*" - there *already existed* a --extcap-version argument, which told the extcap program to report its version:
>
> $ /Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/Wireshark --version
> Wireshark 2.6.1 (v2.6.1-0-g860a78b3)
>
> ...
>
> $ /Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS/extcap/randpktdump --extcap-version
> extcap {version=0.1.0}{help=file:///usr/local/share/wireshark/randpktdump.html}
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