From 574f7614039ce5b4c00808acc42d97856d4ff7d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:26:53 +0200 Subject: stat: warn that the --context (-Z) option (a no-op) is obsolete * src/stat.c (main): It will be removed in a couple years.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. --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ src/stat.c | 10 +++++++--- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index df0b965e9..d6ed89e8c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -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 + Now it evokes a warning that it is obsolete and will be removed.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 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 */ + error (0, 0, + _("the --context (-Z) option is obsolete and will be removed\n" + "in a future release")); break; case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR; -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf