2 @section Obsolete modules
4 @cindex Obsolete modules
5 Modules can be marked obsolete. This means that the problems they fix
6 don't occur any more on the platforms that are reasonable porting targets
7 now. @code{gnulib-tool} warns when obsolete modules are mentioned on the
8 command line, and by default ignores dependencies from modules to obsolete
9 modules. When you pass the option @code{--with-obsolete} to
10 @code{gnulib-tool}, dependencies to obsolete modules will be included,
11 however, unless blocked through an @code{--avoid} option. This option
12 is useful if your package should be portable even to very old platforms.
14 In order to mark a module obsolete, you need to add this to the module
22 This module is obsolete.