This has sat around in a deprecated state for a *long* time!
\indexii{\POSIX{}}{file object}
-\note{This module will become obsolete in a future release.
-The locking operation that it provides is done better and more
-portably by the \function{fcntl.lockf()} call.%
+\deprecated{1.5}{The locking operation that this module provides is
+done better and more portably by the
+\function{\refmodule{fcntl}.lockf()} call.
\withsubitem{(in module fcntl)}{\ttindex{lockf()}}}
This module implements some additional functionality over the built-in