stap.1: drop deprecation history details

diff --git a/man/stap.1 b/man/stap.1
index baf78998d5f1a4ca2a0a9113462d43514c619f86..fa68dc9a9e47b11b92410bf032556e0bcb592864 100644 (file)
--- a/man/stap.1
+++ b/man/stap.1
@@ -2015,96 +2015,13 @@ may undergo incompatible changes, so that a script written against
 an old version of systemtap may no longer run.  In these cases, it may
 help to run systemtap with the
 .I \-\-compatible VERSION
-flag, specifying the last known working version of systemtap.  Running
+flag, specifying the last known working version.  Running
 systemtap with the 
 .I \-\-check\-version
 flag will output a warning if any possible incompatible elements have
-been parsed. Below is a table of recently deprecated tapset functions
-and syntax elements that require the given \-\-compatible flag to use:
-.PP
-.TP 
-\-\-compatible=1.2
-(none yet) 
-.TP
-\-\-compatible=1.3
-The tapset alias 'syscall.compat_pselect7a' was misnamed.  It should
-have been 'syscall.compat_pselect7' (without the trailing 'a').
-Starting in release 1.4, the old name will be deprecated.
-.TP
-\-\-compatible=1.4
-In the 'syscall.add_key' probe, the 'description_auddr' variable
-has been deprecated in favor of the new 'description_uaddr'
-variable.
-.IP
-In the 'syscall.fgetxattr', 'syscall.fsetxattr', 'syscall.getxattr',
-\'syscall.lgetxattr', 'syscall.lremovexattr', 'nd_syscall.fgetxattr',
-\'nd_syscall.fremovexattr', 'nd_syscall.fsetxattr', 'nd_syscall.getxattr',
-and 'nd_syscall.lremovexattr' probes, the 'name2' variable has been
-deprecated in favor of the new 'name_str' variable.
-.IP
-In the 'nd_syscall.accept' probe the 'flag_str' variable
-has been deprecated in favor of the new 'flags_str' variable.
-.IP
-In the 'nd_syscall.dup' probe the 'old_fd' variable has been
-deprecated in favor of the new 'oldfd' variable.
-.IP
-The tapset alias 'nd_syscall.compat_pselect7a' was misnamed.  It should
-have been 'nd_syscall.compat_pselect7' (without the trailing 'a').
-.IP
-The tapset function 'cpuid' is deprecated in favor of the better known 'cpu'.
-.IP
-In the i386 'syscall.sigaltstack' probe, the 'ussp' variable has
-been deprecated in favor of the new 'uss_uaddr' variable.
-.IP
-In the ia64 'syscall.sigaltstack' probe, the 'ss_uaddr' and
-\'oss_uaddr' variables have been deprecated in favor of the new
-\'uss_uaddr' and 'uoss_uaddr' variables.
-.IP
-The powerpc tapset alias 'syscall.compat_sysctl' was deprecated
-and renamed 'syscall.sysctl32'.
-.IP
-In the x86_64 'syscall.sigaltstack' probe, the 'regs_uaddr'
-variable has been deprecated in favor of the new 'regs' variable.
-.TP
-\-\-compatible=1.7
-In the 'kprocess.release probe, the 'pid variable
-has been deprecated in favor of the new 'released_pid'
-variable.
-.IP
-In the '_sunrpc.clnt.create_client.rpc_new_client_inline' probe,
-the 'args' variable in the has been deprecated in favor of the new
-internal-only '__args' variable.
-.IP
-The following probe types have been deprecated:
-.RS
-.IP
-kernel.function(number).inline
-.br
-module(string).function(number).inline
-.br
-process.function(number).inline
-.br
-process.library(string).function(number).inline
-.br
-process(string).function(number).inline
-.br
-process(string).library(string).function(number).inline
-.RE
-.TP
-\-\-compatible=1.8
-The daddr_to_string() tapset function has been deprecated in favor of
-the new format_ipaddr() tapset function.
-
-.\" e.g. tapset_function()
-.\" e.g. post-incrementing a frobozz in a while loop
-
-.\" .... or for really deprecated stuff:
-.\" .TP
-.\" support removed in version X.Y
-.\" really_old_tapset_function()
+been parsed.  Deprecation historical details may be found in the NEWS file.
 
 .SH FILES
-.\" consider autoconf-substituting these directories
 .TP
 Important files and their corresponding paths can be located in the 
 stappaths (7) manual page.