2008-03-26 09:48:46 -05:00
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The following is a list of commands or features that are deprecated. All
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2011-01-01 11:21:46 -06:00
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deprecated utils are in maintenance mode and we keep them in source tree for
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backward compatibility only.
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2007-04-03 15:02:20 -05:00
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2010-08-04 05:14:57 -05:00
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What: line(1) command
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Why: useless, nobody uses this command, head(1) is better
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2008-04-15 06:44:21 -05:00
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What: losetup -s
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Why: the option -s is in collision with the Loop-AES losetup dialect that is used
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in some distributions. Use the long version (--show) only.
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2007-04-03 15:02:20 -05:00
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What: cryptoloop support in mount/losetup
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Why: depreciated in favor of dm-crypt.
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2007-07-03 06:14:36 -05:00
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What: elvtune
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Why: useless for kernel >= 2.6.9
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What: arch(1) command
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2007-07-11 05:37:40 -05:00
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Why: deprecated in favor of uname(1) or arch(1) from coreutils
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2007-07-11 05:37:40 -05:00
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The arch(1) has been added (during 2.13 development cycle) to coreutuls
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where it will be maintained as an alias for uname(1) command.
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What: kill(1) command
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Why: deprecated in favor of kill from procps or bash build-in kill command
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What: newgrp(1)
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Why: deprecated in favor of newgrp from shadow-utils
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2008-01-07 05:53:32 -06:00
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What: vipw/vigr(8)
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Why: deprecated in favor of vipw/vigr(8) from shadow-utils
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2007-07-03 06:14:36 -05:00
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What: last(1)
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2007-07-17 06:11:19 -05:00
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Why: nobody uses this implementation
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2007-07-03 06:14:36 -05:00
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2010-12-10 10:32:57 -06:00
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What: shutdown(1), simpleinit(1), initctl(1)
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2007-07-17 06:11:19 -05:00
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Why: nobody uses this implementation
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2007-07-03 06:14:36 -05:00
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