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Description of problem: When running --setcaps or --restore, all capabilities are getting set to empty capabilities if the file doesn't have any capabilities defined, instead of removing the capabilities. This causes the files/directories to light up with red backgrounds when running ls. Below is the upstream commit to fix the issue.


Steps to Reproduce:
root@ryan-rhel8 ~ # rpm --setcaps util-linux
root@ryan-rhel8 ~ # getcap /var/log/lastlog 
/var/log/lastlog =                          <<--empty capability
root@ryan-rhel8 ~ # cp rpmpopt-4.14.2 /usr/lib/rpm/
cp: overwrite '/usr/lib/rpm/rpmpopt-4.14.2'? y
root@ryan-rhel8 ~ # rpm --setcaps util-linux
root@ryan-rhel8 ~ # getcap /var/log/lastlog 
root@ryan-rhel8 ~ #


Additional info:
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/b4178c979fff344a1c5142a305f274dd9aff8f45

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/RHBA-2019:3584

*** Bug 1778361 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***