This is a list of features that are scheduled to be removed from dpkg.


What: 822-date (program)
Status: obsolete
When: lenny+1
Warning: program
Why:
 Should switch to use 'date -R'.

What: cleanup-info (program)
Status: deprecated
When: lenny
Warning: none
Why:
 This program was needed long time ago to fixup broken info dir files
 generated by buggy install-info programs. Should not be needed anymore.

What: Source-Version (substvar)
Status: obsolete
When: lenny+1
Warning: lintian (substvar-source-version-is-deprecated)
Why:
 The semantics of Source-Version are missleading when applied to binNMUs.
 Should switch to use binary:Version or source:Version substvars.

What: Revision, Package-Revision, Package_Revision, Class, Recommended,
      Optional (field)
Status: obsolete
When: lenny+1
Warning: program
Why:
 These fields have been superseded by either other fields with better names
 or values in other fields.

What: recommended, contrib, base (priority)
Status: obsolete
When: lenny+1
Warning: none
Why:
 These priorities have been superseded by either other fields or values in
 other fields.

What: --force-auto-install (dpkg option)
Status: obsolete
When: lenny+1
Warning: program

What: --largemem, --smallmem (dpkg option)
Status: obsolete
When: lenny+1
Warning: program

What: --no-auto-select (dpkg option)
Status: deprecated
When: lenny+1
Warning: none

What: -u, --udeb (dpkg-scanpackages option)
Status: deprecated
When: lenny+1
Warning: none
Why:
 This option has been superseded by -tudeb.