From f98d4f766e39efd255c9b70d3780feea9c7a7898 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sami Kerola Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:19:52 +0200 Subject: docs: Documentation directory added Move readme, licence, change log, relese notes and other supplementary files to a Documentation directory. This commit does not change contents of any other but few Makefile.am files. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola --- Documentation/deprecated.txt | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/deprecated.txt (limited to 'Documentation/deprecated.txt') 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 + -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522