[reported upstream] cython -v prints standard help text

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Instead of some version number I get

[mabshoff@m940 sage-2.8.1]$ cython -v
Cython (http://cython.org) is a compiler for code written in the
Cython language.  Cython is based on Pyrex by Greg Ewing.

Usage: cython [options] sourcefile.pyx ...

Options:
  -v, --version                  Display version number of cython compiler
  -l, --create-listing           Write error messages to a listing file
  -I, --include-dir <directory>  Search for include files in named directory
                                 (multiply include directories are allowed).
  -o, --output-file <filename>   Specify name of generated C file
  -p, --embed-positions          If specified, the positions in Cython files of each
                                 function definition is embedded in its docstring.
  -z, --pre-import <module>      If specified, assume undeclared names in this
                                 module. Emulates the behavior of putting
                                 "from <module> import *" at the top of the file.

Component: packages: standard

Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/438

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Description changed:

--- 
+++ 
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Instead of some version number I get
 
+```
 [mabshoff@m940 sage-2.8.1]$ cython -v
 Cython (http://cython.org) is a compiler for code written in the
 Cython language.  Cython is based on Pyrex by Greg Ewing.
@@ -15,6 +16,6 @@
   -p, --embed-positions          If specified, the positions in Cython files of each
                                  function definition is embedded in its docstring.
   -z, --pre-import <module>      If specified, assume undeclared names in this
-module. Emulates the behavior of putting
+                                 module. Emulates the behavior of putting
                                  "from <module> import *" at the top of the file.
-
+```

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comment:3

I will report this to the Cython dev mailing list.

Cheers,

Michael

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comment:4

I never reported this to the cython-devel list, but somebody else did this week and it ought to be fixed soon then.

Cheers,

Michael