Deprecate ctime.pl with a warning

diff --git a/lib/ctime.pl b/lib/ctime.pl
index 6a3f295..6f4016a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/ctime.pl
+++ b/lib/ctime.pl
@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@
 #
 # This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
 # compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
+# This legacy library is deprecated and will be removed in a future
+# release of perl.
 #
 # In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
 # programming techniques.
 #
 # Suggested alternative: the POSIX ctime function
+
+warn( "The 'ctime.pl' legacy library is deprecated and will be"
+      . " removed in the next major release of perl. Please use the"
+      . " POSIX module (ctime function) instead." );
+
 ;#
 ;# Waldemar Kebsch, Federal Republic of Germany, November 1988
 ;# kebsch.pad@nixpbe.UUCP