l3 (21feb20)

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@53862 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/l3build/l3build.dtx b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/l3build/l3build.dtx
index f00774cada1..56bcbb9243f 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/l3build/l3build.dtx
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/l3build/l3build.dtx
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 %    }^^A
 % }
 %
-% \date{Released 2020-02-17}
+% \date{Released 2020-02-21}
 %
 % \maketitle
 % \tableofcontents
@@ -1776,9 +1776,15 @@
 % \end{variable}
 %
 % \begin{variable}{os_yes}
-%   A command to generate a series of $200$ lines each containing the
+%   \textbf{DEPRECATED}
+%   A command to generate a series of $300$ lines each containing the
 %   character |y|: this is useful as the Unix |yes| command cannot be
 %   used inside |os.execute| (it does not terminate).
+%
+%  Rather than use this function, we recommend the replacement construct
+%  \begin{verbatim}
+%    io.popen(<cmd>,"w"):write(string.rep("y\n", 300)):close()
+%  \end{verbatim}   
 % \end{variable}
 %
 % \subsection{Components of \texttt{l3build}}