https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051044 Bug ID: 1051044 Summary: policycoreutils-2.2 changes syntax of semange fcontext -f option Product: Fedora Documentation Version: devel Component: release-notes Severity: low Assignee: relnotes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reporter: edgar.hoch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx QA Contact: docs-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: relnotes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, wb8rcr@xxxxxxxx, zach@xxxxxxxxxx Description of problem: Since Fedora 20 the syntax of the command semanage fcontext option -f has changed in an incompatible way to previous versions. I think that this change should be noted in the updates to the Fedora 20 release notes. In previous versions, the argument to semanage fcontext option -f was also prefixed by a dash "-". In Fedora 20, the argument contains no dash, and the char for "regular file" was changed from "-" to "f". I think that the change is reasonable, because dashes in arguments are unsual in linux / unix command lines. But the change is incompatible with previous versions and breaks existing scripts, so I think the users and administrators should be informed of that change! It would be nice if the developers of semanage command would also accept the old syntax, together with the new one, to be backward compatible - at least for some time. But this is another point - not regarding the documentation. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): policycoreutils-2.2.5-1.fc20.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: Compare the man page of "semanage" on policycoreutils-python-2.1.14-46.6.fc19.x86_64 and of "semanage-fcontext" on policycoreutils-2.2.5-1.fc20.x86_64 regarding option "-f" (filetype). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. You are the assignee for the bug. -- relnotes-content mailing list relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/relnotes-content
