[PATCH] localedef --old-style is a no-op

[Joseph Myers]

On Mon, 30 May 2016, Marko Myllynen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On 2016-05-27 21:16, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On 27 May 2016 14:55, Marko Myllynen wrote:
> >> The --old-style option for localedef is a no-op. Is the patch below to
> >> reflect this worth the effort (considering translations) or should we
> >> leave it as is? (I've already submitted a patch to man pages upstream
> >> to adjust the localedef(1) man page.)
> > 
> > this code has been dead for 16 years afaict.  i think that's more than
> > enough time to let people update their scripts, so let's just drop the
> > option entirely.
> 
> Ok, how about the patch below? (Please fine-tune the ChangeLog entry if
> needed.)

In my view such a feature removal (even of a no-op feature) merits a NEWS 
entry as well.

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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com