[LTP] [RFC PATCH] syscalls: Remove getcontext01

[Petr Vorel]

Hi Cyril,

> > > Being deprecated from POSIX is never a reason to remove tests as far as
> > > the API is exposed to userspace it should be tested.
> > OK, thanks for a clarification. I thought that, but wasn't sure. That's
> > why this RFC. Agree with the point + it's still in current glibc.

> > BTW Maybe it'd be good to write down this policy + write which glibc versions
> > we support, which would answer whether some functionality can be removed in
> > given point (we describe goals and mention glibc in old document doc/ltp-howto.{txt,lyx},
> > but IMHO we should update this document remove lyx version and add it to wiki).

> I guess that the ltp-howto.lyx should be just removed along with the
> man3 directory, generally the doc/ directory could use some cleanup.

> Also we do have most of the up-to-date documentation in the
> test-writing-guidelines.txt so I we may as well add this kind of
> information there.
Agree with both.

> > > What is the real motivation for this removal?
> > Looking over the weekend on tests which does not compile on musl
> > (which does not include deprecated functionality). I'll rewrite the test into
> > new API and add autotools check.

> Ack.
thx.


Kind regards,
Petr