lckdo: Now deprecated, since util-linux's flock(1) can do the same thing.

diff --git a/README b/README
index 343fd75e550b72c890ae095c283a835fed01713e..2ad29e4b9a318feb26e69881b1ba2920785bbb52 100644 (file)
--- 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 b3975641fcfb7b8a95d2cb4a35765767e864e044..588deb70c2d9391ed8e1aeeca5e84861809d7409 100644 (file)
--- 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 8a0a4a863aba57a7a4d7b06b69414c25c21dfa17..35d32cdaff287d1257581201668b6ef32df9fca4 100644 (file)
--- 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>
        
        <refsect1>