Bug 1450196 – man page for era_invalidate doesn't include all options

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Bug 1450196 - man page for era_invalidate doesn't include all options

Summary:	man page for era_invalidate doesn't include all options

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	device-mapper-persistent-data (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	7.3
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	unspecified Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Joe Thornber
QA Contact:	Jakub Krysl
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Blocks:	1542093
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Reported:	2017-05-11 15:23 EDT by Thom Carlin
Modified:	2018-04-10 09:16 EDT (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	device-mapper-persistent-data-0.7.3-1.el7
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Last Closed:	2018-04-10 09:15:56 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHEA-2018:0776	None	None	None	2018-04-10 09:16 EDT

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Description Thom Carlin 2017-05-11 15:23:59 EDT

Description of problem:

"man era_validate" doesn't explain the following:
* --metadata-snapshot
* --written-since

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

0.6.3-1.el7

How reproducible:

100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. man era_invalidate
2. era_invalidate --help
3.

Actual results:

Man page has:
* example with -written-since
* description which talks about --metadata-snap

Usage: era_invalidate [options] --written-since <era> {device|file}
Options:
  {-h|--help}
  {-o <xml file>}
  {--metadata-snapshot}
  {-V|--version}

Expected results:

explanation of both options and how they are used

Additional info:

Comment 2 Joe Thornber 2017-10-05 07:50:31 EDT

Fixed in recent man page changes.

Comment 4 Jakub Krysl 2017-10-09 05:02:45 EDT

Fixed in device-mapper-persistent-data-0.7.3-1.el7.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 09:15:56 EDT

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/RHEA-2018:0776

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