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authorBenjamin Gilbert <bgilbert@redhat.com>2021-07-14 16:07:16 -0400
committerBenjamin Gilbert <bgilbert@redhat.com>2021-07-14 16:34:35 -0400
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man: improve statoverride description
A statoverride file written in the obvious way will produce incorrect results for two independent reasons. Document them.
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diff --git a/man/ostree-commit.xml b/man/ostree-commit.xml
index 81af7bf2..e1e3a8b9 100644
--- a/man/ostree-commit.xml
+++ b/man/ostree-commit.xml
@@ -232,7 +232,9 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
<term><option>--statoverride</option>="PATH"</term>
<listitem><para>
- File containing list of modifications to make permissions (file mode, followed by space, followed by file path).
+ File containing list of modifications to make permissions (file mode in
+ decimal, followed by space, followed by file path). The specified mode
+ is ORed with the file's original mode unless preceded by "=".
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>