Drop Linux Software Map file; it has outlived its purpose

Source and binary packages are readily available from most major Linux
distributions.

Makefile.am

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ dist_doc_DATA = AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING LICENSE NEWS PROBLEMS PROJECTS \
  README.hp-ux README.linux README.netbsd README.openbsd README.os2 \
  README.solaris README.unixware2 README.unixware7 README.windows \
  README.zeta
-EXTRA_DIST = $(PACKAGE).lsm
-EXTRA_DIST += .editorconfig
+
+EXTRA_DIST  = .editorconfig
 EXTRA_DIST += po/README
 
 #
@@ -70,24 +70,13 @@ libcheck:
 installcheck-local:
 	cd testsuite && $(MAKE) test.local
 
-$(distdir).lsm: dist $(PACKAGE).lsm
-	( cat $(PACKAGE).lsm | \
-	  sed -e "s|_DATE_|`date +%d%b%y`|g" |\
-	  sed -e "s|_VERSION_|$(VERSION)|g" | \
-	  sed -e "s|_T_S_|`find $(distdir).tar.gz -printf "%4k"`|g" |\
-	  sed -e "s|_L_S_|`find $(PACKAGE).lsm -printf "%4k"`|g" >\
-	$(distdir).lsm \
-	)
-lsm: $(distdir).lsm
-
 md5: dist
 	md5sum $(distdir).tar.gz > $(distdir).tar.gz.md5
 
-sane-backends: lsm md5
+sane-backends: md5
 
 # Clean files created by custom targets in this file.
 clean-local:
-	rm -f sane-backends-*.lsm
 	rm -f $(distdir).tar.gz.md5
 
 # Clean files created by configure

doc/backend-writing.txt

@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ sane-backends/
     General building instructions.
   * README.aix README.beos (...):
     Platform-dependent building and usage instructions.
-  * sane-backends.lsm:
-    The .lsm file as used for the ibiblio archive.
 
 sane-backends/backend/
   This is where the actual backend code is placed. As an example the file
@@ -439,7 +437,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION
   manpage link won't work anyway and version will be outdated soon.
 
 * When your backend is included in the SANE distribution, add an entry to
-  doc/sane.man, AUTHORS and sane-backends.lsm. The sane.man entry should point
+  doc/sane.man and AUTHORS. The sane.man entry should point
   to your documentation (man-page, website, readme).  Also move your .desc
   file from "doc/descriptions-external" to "doc/descriptions" and update
   them.

sane-backends.lsm

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-Begin4
-Title:          sane-backends
-Version:        _VERSION_
-Entered-date:   _DATE_
-Description:    SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) is a universal scanner
-                interface. SANE-BACKENDS comes complete with documentation,
-                many backends, scanimage command line frontend, and
-                networking support. For other/graphical frontends take a look
-                at sane-frontends and XSane.
-Keywords:       scanner, camera, flatbed, automatic document feeder (ADF),
-		slides, diapositive, negative, film, transparency, CIS, CCD,
-                network server & client, Java API & client
-Author:         The SANE development team (sane-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net)
-                (see AUTHORS for complete list)
-Maintained-by:  kitno455@gmail.com (m. allan noah)
-Primary-site:   ftp.sane-project.org /pub/sane/sane-backends-_VERSION_
-                _T_S_ kB sane-backends-_VERSION_.tar.gz
-                _L_S_ kB sane-backends-_VERSION_.lsm
-Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/apps/graphics/capture
-Platforms:      AIX, Digital Unix, HP Apollo Domain/OS, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX,
-                Linux (Alpha, m68k, SPARC, x86), NetBSD, OpenBSD,
-                OpenStep (x86), SCO OpenServer 5.x (x86), OS/2,
-                Solaris (SPARC, x86), SunOS.
-                GNU make is needed.
-Copying-policy: GPL (programs), relaxed GPL (libraries), and public domain
-                (SANE standard)
-End