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authorJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2010-06-18 13:07:10 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2010-06-18 13:07:10 -0400
commitf597f10475a2e906b96e2856818632dbf66a61b5 (patch)
tree08349379ed1160488919dc92d94dbb0461ba6d4b
parent780448e12df9190486ef9ac0638aed8fa0270415 (diff)
downloadmoreutils-f597f10475a2e906b96e2856818632dbf66a61b5.tar.gz
lckdo: Now deprecated, since util-linux's flock(1) can do the same thing.
-rw-r--r--README2
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog7
-rw-r--r--lckdo.docbook5
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 343fd75..2ad29e4 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ isutf8
ifne
run a command if the standard input is not empty
lckdo
- execute a program with a lock held
+ execute a program with a lock held (deprecated)
mispipe
pipe two commands, returning the exit status of the first
parallel
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b397564..588deb7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+moreutils (0.40) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * lckdo: Now deprecated, since util-linux's flock(1) can do the same
+ thing.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:06:47 -0400
+
moreutils (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
* parallel: Fix exit code handling when commands are specified after --
diff --git a/lckdo.docbook b/lckdo.docbook
index 8a0a4a8..35d32cd 100644
--- a/lckdo.docbook
+++ b/lckdo.docbook
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ Public domain.
parallel. Use just like <command>nice</command> or
<command>nohup</command>.</para>
+ <para>Now that util-linux contains a similar command
+ named <command>flock</command>, lckdo is deprecated,
+ and will be removed from some future version of moreutils.
+ </para>
+
</refsect1>
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