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