From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Blandy To: Stan Shebs Cc: gdb@cygnus.com Subject: Re: Retiring obsolete files Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 -0000 Message-id: References: <199901220026.QAA29779@andros.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-q1/msg00024.html > Opinions? If no one objects, I will set this in motion for 4.18. It sounds good to me. How does this approach compare with making a new directory tree gdb/obsolete? So gdb/config/victrola would get moved to gdb/obsolete/config/victrola? Is your sed script invertible? Someone resuscitating an old platform would probably appreciate that. If the file contains any *//* sequences to begin with, then I think it isn't. How about sed -e 's,*,*x,g' to deal with existing comments, and everything else stays the same? After you've stripped off the "/* OBSOLETE " and " */" that were guaranteed to be added to every line, then you know that sed -e 's,*x,*,g' will restore everything properly, even if there were "*x" sequences in the code already.