From dd253c9b09e96f28afc1a24525e4e18aacff8a0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Frey <fryguy9@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 16:15:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate symbol suport for tools/configure_server_settings

---
 tools/configure_server_settings.rb | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/configure_server_settings.rb b/tools/configure_server_settings.rb
index 2bfc43918ea..b417bf2d91b 100755
--- a/tools/configure_server_settings.rb
+++ b/tools/configure_server_settings.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
          "Example (String):  #{__FILE__} -s 1 -p reporting/history/keep_reports -v 3.months\n" \
          "Example (Integer): #{__FILE__} -s 1 -p workers/worker_base/queue_worker_base/ems_metrics_collector_worker/defaults/count -v 1 -t integer\n" \
          "Example (Boolean): #{__FILE__} -s 1 -p ui/mark_translated_strings -v true -t boolean\n" \
-         "Example (Symbol):  #{__FILE__} -s 1 -p workers/worker_base/queue_worker_base/ems_metrics_collector_worker/defaults/poll_method -v escalate -t symbol\n" \
          "Example (Float):   #{__FILE__} -s 1 -p capacity/profile/1/vcpu_commitment_ratio -v 1.5 -t float" \
 
   opt :dry_run,         "Dry Run",                                  :short => "d"
@@ -42,7 +41,8 @@
       false
     end
   when "symbol"
-    opts[:value].to_sym
+    warn("DEPRECATION: 'symbol' type is no longer support and will be removed in the next version.  Use 'string' instead.")
+    opts[:value].to_s
   when "float"
     opts[:value].to_f
   when "array"