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stat: warn that the --context (-Z) option (a no-op) is obsolete

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* src/stat.c (main): It will be removed in a couple years.
* NEWS (Change in behavior): Mention this.
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Jim Meyering
2008-06-22 12:26:53 +02:00
parent c1aabf84e6
commit 574f761403
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@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
specifiers, and no longer prints fields that resulted entirely from
padding the input out to the least common multiple width.
** Changes in behavior
stat's --context (-Z) option has always been a no-op.
Now it evokes a warning that it is obsolete and will be removed.
* Noteworthy changes in release 6.12 (2008-05-31) [stable]
** Bug fixes

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@@ -1039,9 +1039,13 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
terse = true;
break;
case 'Z': /* FIXME: remove in 2010, warn in mid 2008 */
/* Ignored, for compatibility with distributions
that implemented this before upstream. */
case 'Z': /* FIXME: remove in 2010 */
/* Ignore, for compatibility with distributions
that implemented this before upstream.
But warn of impending removal. */
error (0, 0,
_("the --context (-Z) option is obsolete and will be removed\n"
"in a future release"));
break;
case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;