doc: mv,cp: undocument the --reply option

* doc/coreutils.texi (mv invocation): Remove documentation for mv --reply.
(cp invocation): Likewise.
* NEWS: mention this.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index cf46c744f..fd1e79e09 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7320,18 +7320,12 @@ cp --parents a/b/c existing_dir
 copies the file @file{a/b/c} to @file{existing_dir/a/b/c}, creating
 any missing intermediate directories.
 
+@c The --reply option was deprecated in 2005, and is scheduled to
+@c be removed in 2008.  It is already missing from the --help output.
 @itemx @w{@kbd{--reply}=@var{how}}
 @opindex --reply
 @cindex interactivity
-@c FIXME: remove in 2008
-@strong{Deprecated: to be removed in 2008.}@*
-Using @option{--reply=yes} makes @command{cp} act as if @samp{yes} were
-given as a response to every prompt about a destination file.  That effectively
-cancels any preceding @option{--interactive} or @option{-i} option.
-Specify @option{--reply=no} to make @command{cp} act as if @samp{no} were
-given as a response to every prompt about a destination file.
-Specify @option{--reply=query} to make @command{cp} prompt the user
-about each existing destination file.
+This option is deprecated.
 
 @item -R
 @itemx -r
@@ -8015,17 +8009,7 @@ If the response is not affirmative, the file is skipped.
 @itemx @w{@kbd{--reply}=@var{how}}
 @opindex --reply
 @cindex interactivity
-@c FIXME: remove in 2008
-@strong{Deprecated: to be removed in 2008.}@*
-Specifying @option{--reply=yes} is equivalent to using @option{--force}.
-Specify @option{--reply=no} to make @command{mv} act as if @samp{no} were
-given as a response to every prompt about a destination file.
-Specify @option{--reply=query} to make @command{mv} prompt the user
-about each existing destination file.
-Note that @option{--reply=no} has an effect only when @command{mv} would prompt
-without @option{-i} or equivalent, i.e., when a destination file exists and is
-not writable, standard input is a terminal, and no @option{-f} (or equivalent)
-option is specified.
+This option is deprecated.
 
 @item -u
 @itemx --update