Merge pull request #4274 from branfosj/tc.add_dependencies

remove deprecated `Toolchain.add_dependencies`

Author: boegel

easybuild/tools/toolchain/toolchain.py

@@ -550,16 +550,6 @@ def _check_dependencies(self, dependencies):
 
         return deps
 
-    def add_dependencies(self, dependencies):
-        """
-        [DEPRECATED] Verify if the given dependencies exist, and return them.
-
-        This method is deprecated.
-        You should pass the dependencies to the 'prepare' method instead, via the 'deps' named argument.
-        """
-        self.log.deprecated("use of 'Toolchain.add_dependencies' method", '4.0')
-        self.dependencies = self._check_dependencies(dependencies)
-
     def is_required(self, name):
         """Determine whether this is a required toolchain element."""
         # default: assume every element is required