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Bug 1337192

Summary: semodule: provide better documentation for behavior across operations with modules
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Dalibor Pospíšil <dapospis>
Component: policycoreutilsAssignee: Petr Lautrbach <plautrba>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Dalibor Pospíšil <dapospis>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.2CC: dwalsh, lvrabec, mgrepl, mmalik, plautrba, ssekidde
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Fixed In Version: policycoreutils-2.5-22.el7 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2018-04-10 16:36:29 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Dalibor Pospíšil 2016-05-18 13:15:36 UTC
Description of problem:
When priority is not specified the behavior is not consistent.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
policycoreutils-2.5-2.el7

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
have a built module my_module.pp
# semodule -i ./my_module.pp
# semodule -lfull | grep my_module
400 my_module         pp         
# semodule -X 500 -i ./my_module.pp
libsemanage.semanage_direct_install_info: Overriding my_module module at lower priority 400 with module at priority 500.
# semodule -lfull | grep my_module
500 my_module         pp         
400 my_module         pp    
# semodule -d my_module           <------ disables all modules of the name
# semodule -lfull | grep my_module
500 my_module         pp disabled
400 my_module         pp disabled
# semodule -r my_module           <------ removes only module with default prio
# semodule -lfull | grep my_module
500 my_module         pp disabled

Expected results:
semodule -r without priority specified should remove all modules regardless priority

Comment 1 Petr Lautrbach 2016-08-02 07:48:52 UTC
-d intentionally disables all priorities in order not to confuse users:

Enable/disabling of modules is done across all priorities simultaneously to avoid confusion that would likely arise from per priority settings.

While -r works with priorities where 400 is the default used when a priority is not explicitly specified.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 16:36:29 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0913