Re: CVS import: src/external/bsd/atf/dist

[Julio Merino <jmmv%outlook.com@localhost>]

On Feb 11, 2014, at 13:42, Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost> wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Feb 2014, Julio Merino wrote:
>> Log Message:
>> Import atf-0.20:
>> 
> [...]
>> * Removed the deprecated tools.  This includes atf-config, atf-report,
>> atf-run and atf-version.
> 
> When were those tools deprecated (or, for how long have we had both the 
> deprecated old tools and their new replacements), and what are the 
> replacements?
> 
> I see no mention of deprecation in the man page for a version of atf-run from 
> November 2013.

I should have made that clearer, I guess.

The tools were removed from the upstream distfile as has been said for the last 
2+ years.  It is a good point that atf-run(1) does not mention that fact and 
maybe it should -- but not until MKKYUA is turned on; otherwise the base system 
does not have any alternative to what we claim is deprecated.  I have a 
proposal in mind to make this switch happen in a less intrusive way than what I 
planned last year.  Let me send it out sometime this week.

However, the code still remains in src/external/bsd/atf/dist/tools/; see 
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-userlevel/2014/01/10/msg008389.html for 
details on why.