misc: T8066: remove the oudated and dangerous exe_action utility

[dmbaturin]

Change Summary

Remove the utility found at /opt/vyatta/sbin/exe_action that brings no value and can be dangerous.

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• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Code style update (formatting, renaming)
• Refactoring (no functional changes)
• Other (please describe): outdated code removal.

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When I was making other changes in vyatta-cfg, I found a utility I didn't realize existed: https://github.com/vyos/vyatta-cfg/blob/current/src/exe_action.c (installed at /opt/vyatta/sbin/exe_action).

Its apparent goal is to execute commit actions for individual nodes. That was probably a terrible idea even in the days of Vyatta when all config scripts were completely self-contained. Now it can be even more dangerous and can mess up the system state big time, if it works (it doesn't seem to work properly, for better or worse).

In any case, it brings no value to either end users or developers and it's best to remove it.

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[jestabro]

Remove utility, as it is unused and easily dangerous.

[natali-rs1985]

It is a straightforward removal of a dangerous utility