6.2 Obsolete modules

Modules can be marked obsolete. This means that the problems they fix don’t occur any more on the platforms that are reasonable porting targets now. gnulib-tool warns when obsolete modules are mentioned on the command line, and by default ignores dependencies from modules to obsolete modules. When you pass the option --with-obsolete to gnulib-tool, dependencies to obsolete modules will be included, however, unless blocked through an --avoid option. This option is useful if your package should be portable even to very old platforms.

In order to mark a module obsolete, you need to add this to the module description:

Status:
obsolete

Notice:
This module is obsolete.