[slurm-users] Meaning of "defunct" in description of Slurm parameters

[Kevin Buckley]

At https://slurm.schedmd.com/slurm.conf.html

we read

BackupAddr
     Defunct option, see SlurmctldHost.

BackupController
     Defunct option, see SlurmctldHost. ...

ControlAddr
     Defunct option, see SlurmctldHost.

ControlMachine
     Defunct option, see SlurmctldHost.


but what does "Defunct" actually mean there?


A top-ranked internet search result suggests that it means


  "no longer existing or functioning."


but if that's the case, then if, say, your only defintion of
a "ControlMachine" in your 20.02's slurm.conf was in the
defunct ControlMachine parameter, how would your Slurm
instance know what name the "ControlMachine" had ?


Kevin
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Supercomputing Systems Administrator
Pawsey Supercomputing Centre