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authorPanu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>2022-01-21 10:39:52 +0200
committerPanu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>2022-02-03 13:47:28 +0200
commit2a8d89a1c390e6ca1de0ece49aa11012b1d0ff89 (patch)
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downloadrpm-2a8d89a1c390e6ca1de0ece49aa11012b1d0ff89.tar.gz
Reimplement --restore as a transaction element, obsolete --setperms & co
--setperms, --setugids and --setcaps were fun demos of alias capabilities in the nineties, but they can be downright dangerous when used separately, are blisfully unaware of all state in rpm yet try to duplicate functionality existing in C, and thus are a constant source of bugs that are between hard to impossible to fix in the alias space. Add a new transaction element type for the restore operation, wire through all the necessary places. In places (like ordering) this is an overkill but otherwise it seems like a natural thing to be able to process restore alongside package install/remove. The restore operation is a cross between install and erase codepath-wise so touches some funny places, but FA_TOUCH does just the thing, and now all the regular disablers like --nocontext and --nocaps can be used if necessary, plugins get to do their work and also timestamps are restored. Remove the dangerous shell implementations of things and just make them aliases to --restore. Fixes: #965
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diff --git a/docs/man/rpm.8.md b/docs/man/rpm.8.md
index 7ca4e6e31..3c8b1dae8 100644
--- a/docs/man/rpm.8.md
+++ b/docs/man/rpm.8.md
@@ -45,13 +45,7 @@ MISCELLANEOUS:
**rpm** **\--showrc**
-**rpm** **\--setperms** *PACKAGE\_NAME \...*
-
-**rpm** **\--setugids** *PACKAGE\_NAME \...*
-
-**rpm** **\--setcaps** *PACKAGE\_NAME \...*
-
-**rpm** **\--restore** *PACKAGE\_NAME \...*
+**rpm** **\--restore** \[**select-options**\]
select-options
--------------
@@ -970,30 +964,14 @@ MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS
: shows the values **rpm** will use for all of the options are
currently set in *rpmrc* and *macros* configuration file(s).
-**rpm** **\--setperms** *PACKAGE\_NAME*
-
-: sets permissions of files in the given package. Consider using
- **\--restore** instead.
-
-**rpm** **\--setugids** *PACKAGE\_NAME*
-
-: sets user/group ownership of files in the given package. This
- command can change permissions and capabilities of files in that
- package. In most cases it is better to use **\--restore** instead.
-
-**rpm** **\--setcaps** *PACKAGE\_NAME*
-
-: sets capabilities of files in the given package. Consider using
- **\--restore** instead.
-
-**rpm** **\--restore** *PACKAGE\_NAME*
+**rpm** **\--setperms** | **\--setugids** | **\--setcaps** *PACKAGE\_NAME*
-: The option restores owner, group, permissions and capabilities of
- files in the given package.
+: obsolete aliases for **\--restore**
-Options **\--setperms**, **\--setugids**, **\--setcaps** and
+**rpm** **\--restore** \[**select-options**\]
-: **\--restore** are mutually exclusive.
+: The option restores file metadata such as timestamp, owner, group,
+ permissions and capabilities of files in packages.
FTP/HTTP OPTIONS
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