deprecated utils are in maintenance mode and we keep them in source tree for
backward compatibility only.
+what: hwclock --debug
+why: renamed to --verbose, and may be repurposed later.
+since: v2.32
-what: tailf
-why: "tail -f" is better nowadays, tailf has unfixed bugs
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+
+what: hwclock -v for version
+why: renamed to -V
+since: v2.20 (was repurposed to verbose in v2.32)
+
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+
+what: column --columns
+why: renamed to --output-width
+since: v2.30
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-what: "swapon --summary" output format
-why: does not provide control on output data formatting. The recommended solution
- is to use --show=<columns> in all scripts.
+what: sfdisk --show-pt-geometry
+why: equal to --show-geometry for a long time
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-what: "pid" as binary name for "kill --pid"
-why: too ugly, too obscure
+what: "swapon --summary" output format
+why: does not provide control on output data formatting. The recommended solution
+ is to use --show=<columns> in all scripts.
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What: line(1) command
-Why: useless, nobody uses this command, head(1) is better
+Why: use the read(1) command
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What: CHS stuff in fdisk (except SUN where are partitions addresses by cylinders only)
-Why: use addresssing by sectors, CHS does not work with modern disks,
+Why: use addressing by sectors, CHS does not work with modern disks,
confusing for users...
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What: losetup output format without --list
- deprecated format"
+ deprecated format:
# losetup -a
/dev/loop0: []: (/home/fs-images/swap.img)
What: tunelp
Why: parallel port printers are probably almost extinct devices
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-
-What: deprecated_last(1)
-Why: nobody uses this implementation
-
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