DEPRECATED

   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.
   4
   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.
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  11
  12 What:   raw(8) command
  13 When:   undefined yet; depends on kernel upstream
  14 Why:    O_DIRECT can be used instead
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  17
  18 What:   cryptoloop support in mount/losetup
  19 When:   undefined yet
  20 Why:    depreciated in favor of dm-crypt.
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  23
  24 What:   elvtune
  25 When:   undefined yet
  26 Why:    useless for kernel >= 2.6.9
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  29
  30 What:   arch(1) command
  31 When:   2.14
  32 Why:    deprecated in favor of uname(1) or arch(1) from coreutils
  33
  34         The arch(1) has been added (during 2.13 development cycle) to coreutuls
  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
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  44
  45 What:   newgrp(1)
  46 When:   undefined yet
  47 Why:    deprecated in favor of newgrp from shadow-utils
  48
  49 ----------------------------
  50
  51 What:   vipw/vigr(8)
  52 When:   undefined yet
  53 Why:    deprecated in favor of vipw/vigr(8) from shadow-utils
  54
  55 ----------------------------
  56
  57 What:   last(1)
  58 Whan:   undefined yet
  59 Why:    nobody uses this implementation
  60
  61 ----------------------------
  62
  63 What:   shutdown(1)
  64 Whan:   undefined yet
  65 Why:    nobody uses this implementation
  66
  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