Index: trunk/pdns/pdns/receiver.cc
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--- trunk/pdns/pdns/receiver.cc	(revision 2556)
+++ trunk/pdns/pdns/receiver.cc	(revision 2608)
@@ -415,7 +415,16 @@
     declareArguments();
     UNIX_declareArguments();
-      
+
     ::arg().laxParse(argc,argv); // do a lax parse
     
+    if(::arg().mustDo("version")) {
+      cerr<<"Version: "VERSION", compiled on "<<__DATE__", "__TIME__;
+#ifdef __GNUC__ 
+      cerr<<" with gcc version "<<__VERSION__;
+#endif
+      cout<<endl;
+      exit(99);
+    }
+
     if(::arg()["config-name"]!="") 
       s_programname+="-"+::arg()["config-name"];
@@ -456,12 +465,4 @@
     }
 
-    if(::arg().mustDo("version")) {
-      cerr<<"Version: "VERSION", compiled on "<<__DATE__", "__TIME__;
-#ifdef __GNUC__ 
-      cerr<<" with gcc version "<<__VERSION__;
-#endif
-      cout<<endl;
-      exit(99);
-    }
     
     // we really need to do work - either standalone or as an instance