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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/look.pl b/lib/look.pl
index ccc9b6162a..fec31fed8c 100644
--- a/lib/look.pl
+++ b/lib/look.pl
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@
#
# 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.
-#
+
+warn( "The 'look.pl' legacy library is deprecated and will be"
+ . " removed in the next major release of perl." );
+
;# Sets file position in FILEHANDLE to be first line greater than or equal
;# (stringwise) to $key. Pass flags for dictionary order and case folding.