On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Pacho Ramos <pa...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> # Pacho Ramos <pa...@gentoo.org>
> # Dead since 2003, doesn't work with journaling filesystems.
> # Also collides with dev-util/smem (#288721). Removal in a month.
> app-misc/secure-delete

Is this a good enough reason for removal? There are no open bugs
besides the collision one (easy to solve with a rename?), and issues
with journaling filesystems / wear leveling / whatnot are generic
problems with secure deletion that can't be solved in userspace
anyway.

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Maxim Kammerer
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