Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 04:40:12 +0100 From: Walter Hop <walter@binity.com> To: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, "FBSDQ" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What does Deprecated mean in man pages? Message-ID: <200203280435.42636@silver.dt1.binity.net> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOCEFGCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOCEFGCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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[in reply to Joe & Fhe Barbish, Thursday 28 March 2002 04:32] > My Webster Dictionary says > > 1 to feel and express disapproval of; plead against > 2 to belittle > 3 to try to avert by prayer > > None of these make any sense, so what is the author really trying say? Deprecated means that an utility, an option, or a language construct has become obsolete or replaced. It may still be supported right now, but likely it won't be available in the future; there are probably good reasons not to use it. -- Walter Hop <walter@binity.com> | +31 6 24290808 | PGP keyid 0x84813998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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