Obsolete options are not present by default in the generated configuration file.

Closes issue #632.

5 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8d6c9a7..7424066 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ ChangeLog for Pylint
 
 --
 
+    * Obsolete options are not present by default in the generated
+      configuration file. Closes issue #632.
+
     * non-iterator-returned can detect classes with iterator-metaclasses.
       Closes issue #679.
 
diff --git a/pylint/config.py b/pylint/config.py
index fb5c2da..490f932 100644
--- a/pylint/config.py
+++ b/pylint/config.py
@@ -554,7 +554,8 @@ class OptionsManagerMixIn(object):
                 if section in skipsections:
                     continue
                 options = [(n, d, v) for (n, d, v) in options
-                           if d.get('type') is not None]
+                           if d.get('type') is not None
+                           and not d.get('deprecated')]
                 if not options:
                     continue
                 if section not in sections:
diff --git a/pylint/lint.py b/pylint/lint.py
index 698f3e6..b0257a1 100644
--- a/pylint/lint.py
+++ b/pylint/lint.py
@@ -736,7 +736,6 @@ class PyLinter(config.OptionsManagerMixIn,
             with _patch_sysmodules():
                 self._parallel_check(files_or_modules)
 
-
     def _parallel_task(self, files_or_modules):
         # Prepare configuration for child linters.
         filter_options = {'symbols', 'include-ids', 'long-help'}
@@ -744,6 +743,9 @@ class PyLinter(config.OptionsManagerMixIn,
         child_config = {}
         for opt_providers in six.itervalues(self._all_options):
             for optname, optdict, val in opt_providers.options_and_values():
+                if optdict.get('deprecated'):                    
+                    continue
+
                 if optname not in filter_options:
                     child_config[optname] = utils._format_option_value(
                         optdict, val)
diff --git a/pylint/test/test_self.py b/pylint/test/test_self.py
index b430b12..324cc16 100644
--- a/pylint/test/test_self.py
+++ b/pylint/test/test_self.py
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ class RunTC(unittest.TestCase):
         messages = parser.get('MESSAGES CONTROL', 'disable').split(",")
         self.assertIn('suppressed-message', messages)
 
+    def test_generate_rcfile_no_obsolete_methods(self):
+        out = six.StringIO()
+        self._run_pylint(["--generate-rcfile"], out=out)
+        output = out.getvalue()
+        self.assertNotIn("profile", output)
+
     def _test_deprecated_options(self, option, expected):
         out = six.StringIO()
         self._run_pylint([option, "--rcfile=", "pylint.config"], out=out)
diff --git a/pylint/utils.py b/pylint/utils.py
index e34e8e8..2f8de80 100644
--- a/pylint/utils.py
+++ b/pylint/utils.py
@@ -997,7 +997,8 @@ def deprecated_option(shortname=None, opt_type=None, help_msg=None):
         'hide': True,
         'type': opt_type,
         'action': 'callback',
-        'callback': _warn_deprecated
+        'callback': _warn_deprecated,
+        'deprecated': True
     }
     if shortname:
         option['shortname'] = shortname