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grub-install -v should provide version info. The --version flag works
fine, but the help indicates that the short -v should also do the same
thing.
Found on Amazon EC2 instance running ubuntu-
trusty-14.04-amd64-server-20140416.1.manifest.xml (ami-1f958c76).
ubuntu:~$ grub-install -v
grub-install: info: executing modprobe efivars 2>/dev/null.
grub-install: info: Looking for /sys/firmware/efi ...
grub-install: info: ... not found. Looking for /proc/device-tree ...
grub-install: info: ... not found.
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: error: install device isn't specified.
ubuntu:~$ grub-install --version
grub-install (GRUB) 2.02~beta2-9
ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
ubuntu:~$ dpkg -S grub-install
grub2-common: /usr/sbin/grub-install
grub2-common: /usr/share/man/man8/grub-install.8.gz
** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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'grub-install -v' does not provide version info
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415147
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