Subject: Re: bug#25769: 24.5; netrc-parse assumes machine/login/password all appear on one line

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 21:49:41 -0500

"Trent W. Buck" wrote:

> Ah, I didn't realize netrc.el had been replaced by auth-source.el.

That's because it hasn't. No-one has obsoleted any netrc function, and
it's totally reasonable to assume that netrc.el is the Emacs netrc library.

As was pointed out in 12511, Emacs has multiple netrc parsers
(netrc-parse, tramp-parse-netrc, auth-source-netrc-parse,
ange-ftp-parse-netrc). It's a mess.

>> I would rather not patch or support netrc.el--better to remove it
>> altogether.

Then please start by making it obsolete and advertising a replacement.