Trivial version vs feature question (stumped)
by grail from LinuxQuestions.org on (#53EXX)
So I have tried for a few days and can't seem to come up with a good enough search criteria to answer what seems like a trivial question for 2 (or perhaps any) packages:
At what version of coreutils was the --group-directories-first feature for ls introduced?
At what version of ncurses was the tabs command introduced?
Whilst this is no biggee on any of my own systems, I am trying to get my work place to include these features and then found certain servers bjorked at these 2
options/commands and hence my searching.
I am not only looking for the answer (although much appreicated), but also if anyone can tell me the best way to do the same for any package for when checking new features/commands?


At what version of coreutils was the --group-directories-first feature for ls introduced?
At what version of ncurses was the tabs command introduced?
Whilst this is no biggee on any of my own systems, I am trying to get my work place to include these features and then found certain servers bjorked at these 2
options/commands and hence my searching.
I am not only looking for the answer (although much appreicated), but also if anyone can tell me the best way to do the same for any package for when checking new features/commands?