From 378c18e5f024ac5a8aef4cb40d7c9aa9633d144c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 16:30:35 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 2.38.1. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- Documentation/deprecated.txt | 124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 124 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 0000000..4d4b309 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/deprecated.txt @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +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: column --table-empty-lines +why: renamed to --keep-empty-lines +since: v2.37 + +-------------------------- + +what: hwclock --debug +why: renamed to --verbose, and may be repurposed later. +since: v2.32 + +-------------------------- + +what: hwclock -v for version +why: renamed to -V +since: v2.20 (was repurposed to verbose in v2.32) + +-------------------------- + +what: column --columns +why: renamed to --output-width +since: v2.30 + +-------------------------- + +what: sfdisk --show-size +why: this does not belong to fdisk, use "blockdev --getsz" + +-------------------------- + +what: sfdisk --Linux +why: unnecessary option, only Linux (non-DOS mode) is supported + +-------------------------- + +what: sfdisk --unit +why: unnecessary option, only 'S'ector unit is supported + +-------------------------- + +what: sfdisk --show-pt-geometry +why: equal to --show-geometry for a long time + +-------------------------- + +what: "swapon --summary" output format +why: does not provide control on output data formatting. The recommended solution + is to use --show= in all scripts. + +-------------------------- + +What: mkfs +Why: use filesystem specific mkfs.. + +-------------------------- + +What: fdisk -s +Why: this does not belong to fdisk, use "blockdev --getsz" + +-------------------------- + +What: 'udev' and 'list' blkid(8) output formats +Why: udevd links libblkid directly; the 'list' is unnecessary, use lsblk(8) + +-------------------------- + +What: line(1) command +Why: use the read(1) command + +-------------------------- + +What: pg(1) command +Why: use less(1) or more(1) + +-------------------------- + +What: CHS stuff in fdisk (except SUN where are partitions addresses by cylinders only) +Why: use addressing by sectors, CHS does not work with modern disks, + confusing for users... + +-------------------------- + +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: losetup output format without --list + + deprecated format: + + # losetup -a + /dev/loop0: []: (/home/fs-images/swap.img) + /dev/loop1: []: (/home/fs-images/disk.img), offset 100 + + new format: + + # losetup + NAME SIZELIMIT OFFSET AUTOCLEAR RO BACK-FILE + /dev/loop0 0 0 0 0 /home/fs-images/swap.img + /dev/loop1 0 100 0 0 /home/fs-images/disk.img + +-------------------------- + +What: tunelp +Why: parallel port printers are probably almost extinct devices + +---------------------------- + +The Single UNIX(TM) Specification, Version 2 +Copyright (C) 1997 The Open Group + + Legacy utilities which are part util-linux package are: + + col + line + pg + + http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xcu/intro.html#tag_001_003_003 -- cgit v1.2.3