[5137] version is now reported properly.

src/bin/shell/Makefile.am

@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ endif
 
 # this is done here since configure.ac AC_OUTPUT doesn't expand exec_prefix
 kea-shell: kea-shell.py
-	$(SED) "s|@@PYTHONPATH@@|@pyexecdir@|" kea-shell.py >$@
+	rm -f kea-shell.tmp
+	$(SED) "s|@@PYTHONPATH@@|@pyexecdir@|" kea-shell.py > kea-shell.tmp
+	$(SED) "s|REPORTED_VERSION|@PACKAGE_VERSION@|" kea-shell.tmp >$@
 	chmod a+x $@
 
 install-data-local:

src/bin/shell/kea-shell.py

 #!/usr/bin/python
 
+# This is going to be replaced with the actual version (see kea-shell target
+# in Makefile.am)
+VERSION = "REPORTED_VERSION"
+
 # First, let's import the right kea_connector.
 # We have two versions: one for python 2.x and another for python 3.x.
 # Sadly, there's no unified way to handle http connections. The recommended
@@ -29,22 +33,27 @@ from kea_conn import CARequest, CAResponse
 # the help and sanity checking input parameters.
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Connects to Kea Control Agent.')
-parser.add_argument('--host', type=str, nargs=1, default='127.0.0.1',
+parser.add_argument('--host', type=str, default='127.0.0.1',
                     help='hostname of the CA to connect to')
-parser.add_argument('--port', type=int, nargs=1, default=8000,
+parser.add_argument('--port', type=int, default=8000,
                     help='TCP port of the CA to connect to')
-parser.add_argument('--timeout', type=int, nargs=1, default='10',
+parser.add_argument('--timeout', type=int, default='10',
                     help='Timeout (in seconds) when attempting to connect to CA')
 parser.add_argument('command', type=str, nargs="?", default='list-commands',
                     help='command to be executed. If not specified, "list-commands" is used')
+parser.add_argument('-v', action="store_true", help="Prints version")
 cmd_args = parser.parse_args()
 
+if (cmd_args.v):
+    print (VERSION)
+    exit(0)
+
 # Ok, now time to put the parameters parsed into the structure to be used by the
 # connection.
 params = CARequest()
 params.command = cmd_args.command
-params.http_host = cmd_args.host[0]
-params.http_port = cmd_args.port[0]
+params.http_host = cmd_args.host
+params.http_port = cmd_args.port
 params.timeout = cmd_args.timeout
 
 params.generateBody()

src/bin/shell/tests/shell_process_tests.sh.in

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ CONFIG="{
     }
 }"
 
+# In these tests we need to use two binaries: Control Agent and Kea shell.
+# Using bin and bin_path would be confusing, so we omit defining bin and bin_path
+# on purpose.
 ca_bin="kea-ctrl-agent"
 ca_bin_path=@abs_top_builddir@/src/bin/agent
 
@@ -146,7 +149,30 @@ shell_command_test() {
     test_finish 0
 }
 
-shell_command_test "shell.list-commands" "list-commands" "[ { \"arguments\": [ \"list-commands\" ], \"result\": 0 } ]" ""
-shell_command_test "shell.bogus" "give-me-a-beer" "[ { \"result\": 1, \"text\": \"'give-me-a-beer' command not supported.\" } ]" ""
+# This test verifies that the binary is reporting its version properly.
+version_test() {
+    test_name=${1}  # Test name
+
+    # Log the start of the test and print test name.
+    test_start ${test_name}
+
+    # Remove dangling Kea instances and remove log files.
+    cleanup
+
+    REPORTED_VERSION="`${shell_bin_path}/${shell_bin} -v`"
+
+    if test "${REPORTED_VERSION}" == "${EXPECTED_VERSION}"; then
+        test_finish 0
+    else
+        printf "ERROR: Expected version ${EXPECTED_VERSION}, got ${REPORTED_VERSION}\n"
+        test_finish 1
+    fi
+}
+
+version_test "shell.version"
+shell_command_test "shell.list-commands" "list-commands" \
+    "[ { \"arguments\": [ \"list-commands\" ], \"result\": 0 } ]" ""
+shell_command_test "shell.bogus" "give-me-a-beer" \
+    "[ { \"result\": 1, \"text\": \"'give-me-a-beer' command not supported.\" } ]" ""