Bug 868218 – semanage man page and help are inconsistent (role/roles)

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Bug 868218 - semanage man page and help are inconsistent (role/roles)

Summary:	semanage man page and help are inconsistent (role/roles)

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	policycoreutils (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	6.4
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Miroslav Grepl
QA Contact:	Michal Trunecka
Docs Contact:

URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:	ManPageChange

Depends On:
Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Reported:	2012-10-19 05:54 EDT by Michal Trunecka
Modified:	2014-09-30 19:33 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

See Also:
Fixed In Version:	policycoreutils-2.0.83-19.34.el6
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:
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Environment:
Last Closed:	2013-11-21 06:06:30 EST
Type:	Bug
Regression:	---
Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---
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oVirt Team:	---
RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2013:1608	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	policycoreutils bug fix and enhancement update	2013-11-20 16:39:06 EST

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Description Michal Trunecka 2012-10-19 05:54:47 EDT

Man page contains:
       -R, --role
              SELinux Roles.  You must enclose multiple roles  within  quotes,
              separate by spaces. Or specify -R multiple times.

Help contains:
	-R, --roles      SELinux Roles (ex: "sysadm_r staff_r")

As the program searches for the prefix in options, this is not a bug, only documentation issue.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL6.4-20121011.n.0

Steps to Reproduce: 
Compare   semanage -h    and    man semanage


Actual results: 
-R --rule(s) inconsistent

Expected results:
consistent option

Comment 2 Miroslav Grepl 2012-11-16 04:02:40 EST

Yes, you can see the same for more options. Basically "man page" contains more detailed info.

Comment 3 Michal Trunecka 2013-08-20 05:06:46 EDT

This issue is not about the text, but about the long option. Once it is --role and once --roles (with 's').

Comment 4 RHEL Product and Program Management 2013-09-05 06:40:51 EDT

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.  Product
Management has requested further review of this request by
Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux release for currently deployed products.
This request is not yet committed for inclusion in a release.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-21 06:06:30 EST

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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1608.html

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