Obsolete modules
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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     Status:
     obsolete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     This module is obsolete.