WL#9874: Deprecate and remove the replace utility
Affects: Server-8.0
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Status: Complete
The replace utility program changes strings in place in files or on the standard input. https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/replace-utility.html This utility is not used by us internally and it is not a natural part of MySQL. This WL is about deprecating this utility (5.7 server) and remove it (8.0 server). User Documentation ================== http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-18.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-1.html Also, the replace section was removed from refman-8.0.
NF-1: Deprecation warning emitted when replace is used on 5.7. NF-2: Replace utility removed in 8.0
Remove extra/replace.c and adjust extra/CMakeLists.txt Remove the reference to replace in MTR. Remove the Windows-only regression test in main.windows
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