Red Hat Bugzilla – 1195003 – Subscription-manager's manual does not document that wildcards are appropriate for the repo --{disable,enable} subcommand.
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Description of problem:
from man 8 subscription-manager :
REPOS OPTIONS
The repos command lists all of the repositories that are available to a system. This command is only used for organizations which have a locally-hosted
content service of some kind, like Subscription Asset Manager. With Red Hat’s hosted content service, there is only one central repository.
--enable=REPO_ID
Enables the specified repository, which is made available by the content sources identified in the system subscriptions. To enable multiple
repositories, use this argument multiple times.
--disable=REPO_ID
Disables the specified repository, which is made available by the content sources identified in the system subscriptions. To disable multiple
repositories, use this argument multiple times.
As a user, I can use either
subscription-manager repos --enable='*' or subscription-manager repos --disable='*' to enable/disable all my repositories respectively. The manual does not document that wildcards are appropriate and it should.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
subscription-manager-1.12.14-9.el6_6.x86_64
Additional info:
Agreed....
The repos --help information indicates that wild cards are supported (and so should the man page)...
[root@jsefler-os6 ~]# subscription-manager repos --help | grep "REPOID" -A1
--enable=REPOID repository to enable (can be specified more than
once). Wildcards (* and ?) are supported.
--disable=REPOID repository to disable (can be specified more than
once). Wildcards (* and ?) are supported.
PS. Remember that "wildcard" is not a word. See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192120#c1
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Description of problem: from man 8 subscription-manager : REPOS OPTIONS The repos command lists all of the repositories that are available to a system. This command is only used for organizations which have a locally-hosted content service of some kind, like Subscription Asset Manager. With Red Hat’s hosted content service, there is only one central repository. --enable=REPO_ID Enables the specified repository, which is made available by the content sources identified in the system subscriptions. To enable multiple repositories, use this argument multiple times. --disable=REPO_ID Disables the specified repository, which is made available by the content sources identified in the system subscriptions. To disable multiple repositories, use this argument multiple times. As a user, I can use either subscription-manager repos --enable='*' or subscription-manager repos --disable='*' to enable/disable all my repositories respectively. The manual does not document that wildcards are appropriate and it should. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): subscription-manager-1.12.14-9.el6_6.x86_64 Additional info: