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changeset 29923:b436a01d186d
also mention functions deprecated in version 6 in the NEWS file
It seems useful to include the list of items that were deprecated in
the previous release and that will be removed after one more release
cycle.
| author | John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:45:08 -0400 |
| parents | adda9f3ac61f |
| children | aeba7278cf80 |
| files | NEWS |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/NEWS Tue Jul 27 09:53:16 2021 -0400 +++ b/NEWS Tue Jul 27 23:45:08 2021 -0400 @@ -270,6 +270,22 @@ * Any trailing whitespace after a `'\'` line continuation has been deprecated. Delete unnecessary trailing whitespace. + +The following functions were deprecated in Octave 6 and will be removed +from Octave 8 (or whatever version is the second major release after 6): + +- Functions + + Function | Replacement + -----------------------|------------------ + `runtests` | `oruntests` + +- The environment variable used by `mkoctfile` for linker flags is now + `LDFLAGS` rather than `LFLAGS`. `LFLAGS` was deprecated in Octave 6, + and a warning is now emitted if it is used, but it will continue to + work. + + ### Removed functions and properties The following functions and properties were deprecated in Octave 5