From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:07:10 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: lckdo: Now deprecated, since util-linux's flock(1) can do the same thing.
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lckdo: Now deprecated, since util-linux's flock(1) can do the same thing.
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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>
+
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