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[thirdparty/util-linux.git] / Documentation / deprecated.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/deprecated.txt b/Documentation/deprecated.txt
index df7f18fbf1cf943218ca94c101f57376386cc0b8..08ba8b974af9c07c60a7761744ed385d0f26166f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/deprecated.txt
+++ b/Documentation/deprecated.txt
@@ -2,19 +2,21 @@ The following is a list of commands or features that are deprecated.  All
 deprecated utils are in maintenance mode and we keep them in source tree for
 backward compatibility only.
 
-what:  column --columns
-why:   renamed to --output-width
-since: v2.30
+what:  hwclock --debug
+why:   renamed to --verbose, and may be repurposed later.
+since: v2.32
 
 --------------------------
 
-what:  hwclock --compare
-why:   Output printed by --compare option was nonesense.
+what:  hwclock -v for version
+why:   renamed to -V
+since: v2.20 (was repurposed to verbose in v2.32)
 
 --------------------------
 
-what:  tailf
-why:   "tail -f" is better nowadays, tailf has unfixed bugs
+what:  column --columns
+why:   renamed to --output-width
+since: v2.30
 
 --------------------------
 
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ Why:    udevd links libblkid directly; the 'list' is unnecessary, use lsblk(8)
 --------------------------
 
 What:   line(1) command
-Why:    useless, nobody uses this command, head(1) is better
+Why:    use the read(1) command
 
 --------------------------
 
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ Why:    use less(1) or more(1)
 --------------------------
 
 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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@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ Why:  the option -s is in collision with the Loop-AES losetup dialect that is use
 
 What:   losetup output format without --list
 
-        deprecated format"
+        deprecated format:
 
           # losetup -a
           /dev/loop0: []: (/home/fs-images/swap.img)
@@ -103,11 +105,6 @@ Why:       parallel port printers are probably almost extinct devices
 
 ----------------------------
 
-What:  reset
-Why:   ncurses has better reset(1)
-
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