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1 | The following is a list of commands or features that are deprecated. All |
2 | deprecated utils are in maintenace mode and we keep them in source tree for | |
3 | backward compatibilty only. | |
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5 | What: losetup -s |
6 | When: 2.15 | |
7 | Why: the option -s is in collision with the Loop-AES losetup dialect that is used | |
8 | in some distributions. Use the long version (--show) only. | |
9 | ||
10 | -------------------------- | |
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12 | What: raw(8) command |
13 | When: undefined yet; depends on kernel upstream | |
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14 | Why: O_DIRECT can be used instead |
15 | ||
16 | --------------------------- | |
17 | ||
18 | What: cryptoloop support in mount/losetup | |
19 | When: undefined yet | |
20 | Why: depreciated in favor of dm-crypt. | |
21 | ||
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22 | --------------------------- |
23 | ||
24 | What: elvtune | |
25 | When: undefined yet | |
26 | Why: useless for kernel >= 2.6.9 | |
27 | ||
28 | --------------------------- | |
29 | ||
30 | What: arch(1) command | |
31 | When: 2.14 | |
6a97809b | 32 | Why: deprecated in favor of uname(1) or arch(1) from coreutils |
6a5486fd | 33 | |
6a97809b | 34 | The arch(1) has been added (during 2.13 development cycle) to coreutuls |
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35 | where it will be maintained as an alias for uname(1) command. |
36 | ||
37 | ---------------------------- | |
38 | ||
39 | What: kill(1) command | |
40 | When: 2.14 or 2.15 | |
41 | Why: deprecated in favor of kill from procps or bash build-in kill command | |
42 | ||
43 | ---------------------------- | |
44 | ||
45 | What: newgrp(1) | |
46 | When: undefined yet | |
47 | Why: deprecated in favor of newgrp from shadow-utils | |
48 | ||
49 | ---------------------------- | |
50 | ||
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51 | What: vipw/vigr(8) |
52 | When: undefined yet | |
53 | Why: deprecated in favor of vipw/vigr(8) from shadow-utils | |
54 | ||
55 | ---------------------------- | |
56 | ||
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57 | What: last(1) |
58 | Whan: undefined yet | |
cceaba68 | 59 | Why: nobody uses this implementation |
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60 | |
61 | ---------------------------- | |
62 | ||
63 | What: shutdown(1) | |
64 | Whan: undefined yet | |
cceaba68 | 65 | Why: nobody uses this implementation |
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67 | ---------------------------- |
68 | ||
69 | What: rdev(8), ramsize(8), vidmode(8) and rootflags(8) | |
70 | What: undefined yet | |
71 | Why: i386 specific and probably useless | |
72 |