Reintroduce --logfile with deprecation warning

beacon_node/src/config.rs

@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ pub fn get_config<E: EthSpec>(
     }
 
     if clap_utils::parse_optional::<u64>(cli_args, "eth1-cache-follow-distance")?.is_some() {
-        warn!("The eth1-purge-cache flag is deprecated");
+        warn!("The eth1-cache-follow-distance flag is deprecated");
     }
 
     // `--execution-endpoint` is required now.

lighthouse/src/main.rs

@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ fn main() {
                 .global(true)
                 .display_order(0),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("logfile")
+                .long("logfile")
+                .value_name("PATH")
+                .help("DEPRECATED")
+                .action(ArgAction::Set)
+                .global(true)
+                .hide(true)
+                .display_order(0)
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("logfile-dir")
                 .long("logfile-dir")
@@ -701,6 +711,11 @@ fn run<E: EthSpec>(
     // Allow Prometheus access to the version and commit of the Lighthouse build.
     metrics::expose_lighthouse_version();
 
+    // DEPRECATED: can be removed in v7.2.0/v8.0.0.
+    if clap_utils::parse_optional::<PathBuf>(matches, "logfile")?.is_some() {
+        warn!("The --logfile flag is deprecated and replaced by --logfile-dir");
+    }
+
     #[cfg(all(feature = "modern", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
     if !std::is_x86_feature_detected!("adx") {
         tracing::warn!(

lighthouse/tests/beacon_node.rs

@@ -2476,6 +2476,13 @@ fn logfile_format_flag() {
             )
         });
 }
+// DEPRECATED but should not crash.
+#[test]
+fn deprecated_logfile() {
+    CommandLineTest::new()
+        .flag("logfile", Some("test.txt"))
+        .run_with_zero_port();
+}
 
 // DEPRECATED but should not crash.
 #[test]