spack deprecate: deprecate --link-type flag (#46202)

lib/spack/spack/cmd/deprecate.py

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 installation and its deprecator.
 """
 import argparse
-import os
 
 import llnl.util.tty as tty
 from llnl.util.symlink import symlink
@@ -76,12 +75,7 @@ def setup_parser(sp):
     )
 
     sp.add_argument(
-        "-l",
-        "--link-type",
-        type=str,
-        default="soft",
-        choices=["soft", "hard"],
-        help="type of filesystem link to use for deprecation (default soft)",
+        "-l", "--link-type", type=str, default=None, choices=["soft", "hard"], help="(deprecated)"
     )
 
     sp.add_argument(
@@ -91,6 +85,9 @@ def setup_parser(sp):
 
 def deprecate(parser, args):
     """Deprecate one spec in favor of another"""
+    if args.link_type is not None:
+        tty.warn("The --link-type option is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.")
+
     env = ev.active_environment()
     specs = spack.cmd.parse_specs(args.specs)
 
@@ -144,7 +141,5 @@ def deprecate(parser, args):
         if not answer:
             tty.die("Will not deprecate any packages.")
 
-    link_fn = os.link if args.link_type == "hard" else symlink
-
     for dcate, dcator in zip(all_deprecate, all_deprecators):
-        dcate.package.do_deprecate(dcator, link_fn)
+        dcate.package.do_deprecate(dcator, symlink)