Removing invalid port L<> links from Version documentation updates.

[perl5.git] / lib / hostname.pl

diff --git a/lib/hostname.pl b/lib/hostname.pl
index 5394c6e..cc37d49 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/hostname.pl
+++ b/lib/hostname.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
 # From: asherman@fmrco.com (Aaron Sherman)
+#
+# 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: Sys::Hostname
+
+warn( "The 'hostname.pl' legacy library is deprecated and will be"
+      . " removed in the next major release of perl. Please use the"
+      . " Sys::Hostname module instead." );
 
 sub hostname
 {