Re: [PATCH] stdnoreturn: deprecate

[Bruno Haible]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> +     * modules/stdnoreturn: Mark as obsolete.

Here too, the classification of a module as "obsolete" is wrong,
because an obsolete module is one which has no effect on any
reasonable portability target.


2022-12-27  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>

        stdnoreturn: Mark as deprecated, not obsolete. (Regression 2022-12-24.)
        * modules/stdnoreturn (Status): Remove.
        (Notice): Say that it is deprecated, not obsolete.
        * doc/noreturn.texi: Fix a typo.

diff --git a/doc/noreturn.texi b/doc/noreturn.texi
index ad0a286f4a..748d30ab30 100644
--- a/doc/noreturn.texi
+++ b/doc/noreturn.texi
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ data-flow analysis, to declare which functions are 
non-returning.
 It can also help generate more-efficient code, as there is no need
 to save a return address when calling a non-returning function.
 
-Gnulib has multiple ways to support such a declaration''
+Gnulib has multiple ways to support such a declaration:
 
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
diff --git a/modules/stdnoreturn b/modules/stdnoreturn
index ce6b04a35e..e283fd18fb 100644
--- a/modules/stdnoreturn
+++ b/modules/stdnoreturn
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 Description:
 A <stdnoreturn.h> that nearly conforms to ISO C11.
 
-Status:
-obsolete
-
 Notice:
-This module is obsolete.
+The module 'stdnoreturn' is deprecated.
+New code should use the '_Noreturn' keyword or the 'noreturn' module.
 
 Files:
 lib/stdnoreturn.in.h