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diff --git a/Documentation/deprecated.txt b/Documentation/deprecated.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7c6b0d326 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/deprecated.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +The following is a list of commands or features that are deprecated. All +deprecated utils are in maintenance mode and we keep them in source tree for +backward compatibility only. + +What: line(1) command +Why: useless, nobody uses this command, head(1) is better + +-------------------------- + +What: losetup -s +Why: the option -s is in collision with the Loop-AES losetup dialect that is used + in some distributions. Use the long version (--show) only. + +-------------------------- + +What: cryptoloop support in mount/losetup +Why: depreciated in favor of dm-crypt. + +--------------------------- + +What: elvtune +Why: useless for kernel >= 2.6.9 + +--------------------------- + +What: arch(1) command +Why: deprecated in favor of uname(1) or arch(1) from coreutils + + The arch(1) has been added (during 2.13 development cycle) to coreutuls + where it will be maintained as an alias for uname(1) command. + +---------------------------- + +What: newgrp(1) +Why: deprecated in favor of newgrp from shadow-utils + +---------------------------- + +What: vipw/vigr(8) +Why: deprecated in favor of vipw/vigr(8) from shadow-utils + +---------------------------- + +What: last(1) +Why: nobody uses this implementation + |