Bug#561073: gcc-4.4: gcc -V4.3 -dumpversion doesn't dump version information

[Andrew Chittenden <achittenden@bluearc.com>]

Package: gcc-4.4
Version: 4.4.2-4
Severity: important

"gcc -V4.3 -dumpversion" doesn't print anything.  In previous versions
of gcc, gcc -V4.3 -dumpversion would print the version information:

# gcc -V4.3 -dumpversion
4.3.2

It also appears that other options are affected and don't print anything:

# gcc -V4.3 -dumpspecs
# gcc -V4.3 -dumpmachine
# gcc -V4.3 -print-search-dirs
# gcc -V4.3 -print-libgcc-file-name
# gcc -V4.3 -print-multi-lib

That's not an exhaustive list but probably points to some generic issue.

Invoking by the version specific gcc also demonstrates the problem:

# gcc-4.4 -V4.3 -dumpversion
#

If I invoke via gcc-4.3 or gcc-4.2, all is well:

# gcc-4.3 -V4.3 -dumpversion
4.3.4
# gcc-4.2 -V4.3 -dumpversion
4.3.4
# 

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gcc-4.4 depends on:
ii  binutils                      2.20-4     The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  cpp-4.4                       4.4.2-4    The GNU C preprocessor
ii  gcc-4.4-base                  4.4.2-4    The GNU Compiler Collection (base 
ii  libc6                         2.10.2-2   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.4.2-4  GCC support library
ii  libgomp1                      4.4.2-4    GCC OpenMP (GOMP) support library

Versions of packages gcc-4.4 recommends:
ii  libc6-dev                     2.10.2-2   GNU C Library: Development Librari

Versions of packages gcc-4.4 suggests:
pn  gcc-4.4-doc                   <none>     (no description available)
pn  gcc-4.4-locales               <none>     (no description available)
pn  gcc-4.4-multilib              <none>     (no description available)
pn  libcloog-ppl0                 <none>     (no description available)
pn  libgcc1-dbg                   <none>     (no description available)
pn  libgomp1-dbg                  <none>     (no description available)
pn  libmudflap0-4.4-dev           <none>     (no description available)
pn  libmudflap0-dbg               <none>     (no description available)
pn  libppl-c2                     <none>     (no description available)
pn  libppl7                       <none>     (no description available)

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