-extern bfd_size_type bfd_read
- PARAMS ((PTR, bfd_size_type size, bfd_size_type nitems, bfd *abfd));
-extern bfd_size_type bfd_write
- PARAMS ((const PTR, bfd_size_type size, bfd_size_type nitems, bfd *abfd));
-extern int bfd_seek PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, file_ptr fp, int direction));
-extern long bfd_tell PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));
-extern int bfd_flush PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));
-extern int bfd_stat PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, struct stat *));
+extern bfd_size_type bfd_bread (void *, bfd_size_type, bfd *);
+extern bfd_size_type bfd_bwrite (const void *, bfd_size_type, bfd *);
+extern int bfd_seek (bfd *, file_ptr, int);
+extern file_ptr bfd_tell (bfd *);
+extern int bfd_flush (bfd *);
+extern int bfd_stat (bfd *, struct stat *);
+
+/* Deprecated old routines. */
+#if __GNUC__
+#define bfd_read(BUF, ELTSIZE, NITEMS, ABFD) \
+ (warn_deprecated ("bfd_read", __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__), \
+ bfd_bread ((BUF), (ELTSIZE) * (NITEMS), (ABFD)))
+#define bfd_write(BUF, ELTSIZE, NITEMS, ABFD) \
+ (warn_deprecated ("bfd_write", __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__), \
+ bfd_bwrite ((BUF), (ELTSIZE) * (NITEMS), (ABFD)))
+#else
+#define bfd_read(BUF, ELTSIZE, NITEMS, ABFD) \
+ (warn_deprecated ("bfd_read", (const char *) 0, 0, (const char *) 0), \
+ bfd_bread ((BUF), (ELTSIZE) * (NITEMS), (ABFD)))
+#define bfd_write(BUF, ELTSIZE, NITEMS, ABFD) \
+ (warn_deprecated ("bfd_write", (const char *) 0, 0, (const char *) 0),\
+ bfd_bwrite ((BUF), (ELTSIZE) * (NITEMS), (ABFD)))
+#endif
+extern void warn_deprecated (const char *, const char *, int, const char *);