Deprecate `Gem::Util.silent_system`

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2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/rubygems/util.rb b/lib/rubygems/util.rb
index dcd7fc2b47..814a4075fd 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/util.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/util.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
+require 'rubygems/deprecate'
+
 ##
 # This module contains various utility methods as module methods.
 
 module Gem::Util
+
   ##
   # Zlib::GzipReader wrapper that unzips +data+.
 
@@ -67,6 +70,14 @@ module Gem::Util
     system(*(cmds << opt))
   end
 
+  class << self
+
+    extend Gem::Deprecate
+
+    rubygems_deprecate :silent_system
+
+  end
+
   ##
   # Enumerates the parents of +directory+.
 
diff --git a/test/rubygems/test_gem_util.rb b/test/rubygems/test_gem_util.rb
index cf90350763..5866aa7b99 100644
--- a/test/rubygems/test_gem_util.rb
+++ b/test/rubygems/test_gem_util.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ class TestGemUtil < Gem::TestCase
 
   def test_silent_system
     skip if Gem.java_platform?
-    assert_silent do
-      Gem::Util.silent_system(*ruby_with_rubygems_in_load_path, '-e', 'puts "hello"; warn "hello"')
+    Gem::Deprecate.skip_during do
+      assert_silent do
+        Gem::Util.silent_system(*ruby_with_rubygems_in_load_path, '-e', 'puts "hello"; warn "hello"')
+      end
     end
   end