--- smage/trunk/include/alx-split.sminc	2012/07/18 08:32:10	3775
+++ smage/trunk/include/alx-split.sminc	2012/07/18 08:57:49	3779
@@ -34,8 +34,20 @@
 		$([[ $(mlibdir) != lib ]] && echo 'lib/*.so.* usr/lib/*.so.*')"
 
 # be backward compatible
-[[ ! -z ${ALX_ONLY_KEEP} ]] && ALX_PKG_KEEP="${ALX_ONLY_KEEP}"
-[[ ! -z ${ALX_DEV_ONLY_KEEP} ]] && ALX_DEV_PKG_KEEP="${ALX_DEV_ONLY_KEEP}"
+if [[ ! -z ${ALX_ONLY_KEEP} ]]
+then
+	ALX_PKG_KEEP="${ALX_ONLY_KEEP}"
+	echo -e "${COLYELLOW}Warning: 'ALX_ONLY_KEEP' is deprecated and gets removed in the future.${COLDEFAULT}"
+	echo -e "${COLYELLOW}         Please modify this smage2 script to use the 'ALX_PKG_KEEP' variable.${COLDEFAULT}"
+	unset ALX_ONLY_KEEP
+fi
+if [[ ! -z ${ALX_DEV_ONLY_KEEP} ]]
+then
+	ALX_DEV_PKG_KEEP="${ALX_DEV_ONLY_KEEP}"
+	echo -e "${COLYELLOW}Warning: 'ALX_DEV_ONLY_KEEP' is deprecated and gets removed in the future.${COLDEFAULT}"
+	echo -e "${COLYELLOW}         Please modify this smage2 script to use the 'ALX_DEV_PKG_KEEP' variable.${COLDEFAULT}"
+	unset ALX_DEV_ONLY_KEEP
+fi
 
 # alx keeps
 if [[ ! -z ${ALX_PKG_KEEP} ]]