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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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4 | |
| 5 | ||
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6 | What: raw(8) command |
| 7 | When: undefined yet; depends on kernel upstream | |
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8 | Why: O_DIRECT can be used instead |
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| 10 | --------------------------- | |
| 11 | ||
| 12 | What: cryptoloop support in mount/losetup | |
| 13 | When: undefined yet | |
| 14 | Why: depreciated in favor of dm-crypt. | |
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16 | --------------------------- |
| 17 | ||
| 18 | What: elvtune | |
| 19 | When: undefined yet | |
| 20 | Why: useless for kernel >= 2.6.9 | |
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| 22 | --------------------------- | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | What: arch(1) command | |
| 25 | When: 2.14 | |
| 6a97809b | 26 | Why: deprecated in favor of uname(1) or arch(1) from coreutils |
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| 6a97809b | 28 | The arch(1) has been added (during 2.13 development cycle) to coreutuls |
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29 | where it will be maintained as an alias for uname(1) command. |
| 30 | ||
| 31 | ---------------------------- | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | What: kill(1) command | |
| 34 | When: 2.14 or 2.15 | |
| 35 | Why: deprecated in favor of kill from procps or bash build-in kill command | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | ---------------------------- | |
| 38 | ||
| 39 | What: newgrp(1) | |
| 40 | When: undefined yet | |
| 41 | Why: deprecated in favor of newgrp from shadow-utils | |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | ---------------------------- | |
| 44 | ||
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45 | What: vipw/vigr(8) |
| 46 | When: undefined yet | |
| 47 | Why: deprecated in favor of vipw/vigr(8) from shadow-utils | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | ---------------------------- | |
| 50 | ||
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51 | What: last(1) |
| 52 | Whan: undefined yet | |
| cceaba68 | 53 | Why: nobody uses this implementation |
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54 | |
| 55 | ---------------------------- | |
| 56 | ||
| 57 | What: shutdown(1) | |
| 58 | Whan: undefined yet | |
| cceaba68 | 59 | Why: nobody uses this implementation |
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61 | ---------------------------- |
| 62 | ||
| 63 | What: rdev(8), ramsize(8), vidmode(8) and rootflags(8) | |
| 64 | What: undefined yet | |
| 65 | Why: i386 specific and probably useless | |
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