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| author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2008-06-22 12:26:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2008-06-22 12:27:49 +0200 |
| commit | 574f7614039ce5b4c00808acc42d97856d4ff7d9 (patch) | |
| tree | d19eb0c9bb6de043ddf1e11e6ae269bd162e1e8b /src | |
| parent | c1aabf84e6493c09d30fb535485124e91fcc4109 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-574f7614039ce5b4c00808acc42d97856d4ff7d9.tar.xz | |
stat: warn that the --context (-Z) option (a no-op) is obsolete
* src/stat.c (main): It will be removed in a couple years.
* NEWS (Change in behavior): Mention this.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/stat.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/stat.c b/src/stat.c index 0b07dab7f..0124c545e 100644 --- a/src/stat.c +++ b/src/stat.c @@ -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 */ + error (0, 0, + _("the --context (-Z) option is obsolete and will be removed\n" + "in a future release")); break; case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR; |