[PATCH 2/7] rtems: Deprecate use of _RTEMS_version

[Sebastian Huber]

Close #3970.
---
 cpukit/include/rtems/system.h      | 9 ++++-----
 cpukit/sapi/src/getversionstring.c | 2 ++
 testsuites/sptests/spsize/size.c   | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cpukit/include/rtems/system.h b/cpukit/include/rtems/system.h
index c72859195c..2fb5e8add7 100644
--- a/cpukit/include/rtems/system.h
+++ b/cpukit/include/rtems/system.h
@@ -35,12 +35,11 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #ifndef ASM
 
-/**
- *  The following is the extern for the RTEMS version string.
- *
- *  @note The contents of this string are CPU specific.
+/*
+ * The use of this variable is deprecated, use rtems_get_version_string()
+ * instead.
  */
-extern const char _RTEMS_version[];
+extern RTEMS_DEPRECATED const char _RTEMS_version[];
 
 /**
  *  The following is the extern for the RTEMS copyright string.
diff --git a/cpukit/sapi/src/getversionstring.c b/cpukit/sapi/src/getversionstring.c
index 2222e9ef50..f3fada9c48 100644
--- a/cpukit/sapi/src/getversionstring.c
+++ b/cpukit/sapi/src/getversionstring.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+
 #include <rtems.h>
 
 const char *rtems_get_version_string(void)
diff --git a/testsuites/sptests/spsize/size.c b/testsuites/sptests/spsize/size.c
index 578576cba7..d26e34f51d 100644
--- a/testsuites/sptests/spsize/size.c
+++ b/testsuites/sptests/spsize/size.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+
 #include <rtems/config.h>
 #include <rtems/score/copyrt.h>
 #include <rtems/rtems/clock.h>
-- 
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