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79 lines
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# Features Scheduled for Removal
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The following is a list of files and features that are going to be removed in
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the source tree. Every entry should contain what exactly is going away, why it
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is happening, and who is going to be doing the work. When the feature is
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removed, it should also be removed from this file.
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## Service pause action
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When: 1.0
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Why: The same affect can be obtained with the --nodeps option to stop.
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Who:
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## start-stop-daemon options --startas, --chuid , --oknodo
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When: 1.0
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Why: Obsolete or replaced by other options.
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* --startas => use --name or --exec
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* --chuid => use --user
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* --oknodo => ignore return code instead
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Who:
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## runscript and rc symbolic links
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When: 1.0
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Why: Deprecated in favor of openrc-run and openrc due to naming
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conflicts with other software.
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Who:
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## support for the opts variable in service scripts
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When: 1.0
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Why: Deprecated in favor of extra_commands, extra_started_commands
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and extra_stopped_commands.
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Who:
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## support for local_start and local_stop
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When: 1.0
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Why: Deprecated in favor of executable scripts in @SYSCONFDIR@/local.d
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## the mtab service script
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When: force /etc/mtab to link to /proc/self/mounts in 1.0, remove
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service in 2.0
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Why: /etc/mtab should be a symbolic link to /proc/self/mounts on modern
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Linux systems
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## C API Functions in rc.h
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If you have a c program that links to librc and uses functions from
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there, this section will list API functions which are deprecated and
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will be removed along with the reason they are being removed.
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### rc_getline()
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When: 1.0
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Why: The getline() function was standardized in POSIX.1-2008, so it
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should be available on POSIX systems.
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Who:
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