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1The following is a list of commands or features that are going to be
2removed in the util-linux-ng source tree.
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5What: raw(8) command
6When: undefined yet; depends on kernel upstream
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7Why: O_DIRECT can be used instead
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11What: cryptoloop support in mount/losetup
12When: undefined yet
13Why: depreciated in favor of dm-crypt.
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17What: elvtune
18When: undefined yet
19Why: useless for kernel >= 2.6.9
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23What: arch(1) command
24When: 2.14
6a97809b 25Why: deprecated in favor of uname(1) or arch(1) from coreutils
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6a97809b 27 The arch(1) has been added (during 2.13 development cycle) to coreutuls
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28 where it will be maintained as an alias for uname(1) command.
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32What: kill(1) command
33When: 2.14 or 2.15
34Why: deprecated in favor of kill from procps or bash build-in kill command
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38What: newgrp(1)
39When: undefined yet
40Why: deprecated in favor of newgrp from shadow-utils
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44What: vipw/vigr(8)
45When: undefined yet
46Why: deprecated in favor of vipw/vigr(8) from shadow-utils
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50What: last(1)
51Whan: undefined yet
cceaba68 52Why: nobody uses this implementation
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56What: shutdown(1)
57Whan: undefined yet
cceaba68 58Why: nobody uses this implementation
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62What: rdev(8), ramsize(8), vidmode(8) and rootflags(8)
63What: undefined yet
64Why: i386 specific and probably useless
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