@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ force a reload of policy
.B \-B, \-\-build
force a rebuild of policy (also reloads unless \-n is used)
.TP
-.B \-\-rebuild-if-modules-changed
-Force a rebuild of the policy if any changes to module content are detected
-(by comparing with checksum from the last transaction). One can use this
-instead of \-B to ensure that any changes to the module store done by an
-external tool (e.g. a package manager) are applied, while automatically
-skipping the rebuild if there are no new changes.
+.B \-\-refresh
+Like \-\-build, but reuses existing linked policy if no changes to module
+files are detected (by comparing with checksum from the last transaction).
+One can use this instead of \-B to ensure that any changes to the module
+store done by an external tool (e.g. a package manager) are applied, while
+automatically skipping the module re-linking if there are no module changes.
.TP
.B \-D, \-\-disable_dontaudit
Temporarily remove dontaudits from policy. Reverts whenever policy is rebuilt
@@ -150,9 +150,12 @@ static void usage(char *progname)
printf(" -c, --cil extract module as cil. This only affects module extraction.\n");
printf(" -H, --hll extract module as hll. This only affects module extraction.\n");
printf(" -m, --checksum print module checksum (SHA256).\n");
- printf(" --rebuild-if-modules-changed\n"
- " force policy rebuild if module content changed since\n"
- " last rebuild (based on checksum)\n");
+ printf(" --refresh like --build, but reuses existing linked policy if no\n"
+ " changes to module files are detected (via checksum)\n");
+ printf("Deprecated options:\n");
+ printf(" -b,--base same as --install\n");
+ printf(" --rebuild-if-modules-changed\n"
+ " same as --refresh\n");
}
/* Sets the global mode variable to new_mode, but only if no other
@@ -185,6 +188,7 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
{
static struct option opts[] = {
{"rebuild-if-modules-changed", 0, NULL, '\0'},
+ {"refresh", 0, NULL, '\0'},
{"store", required_argument, NULL, 's'},
{"base", required_argument, NULL, 'b'},
{"help", 0, NULL, 'h'},
@@ -225,6 +229,9 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
case '\0':
switch(longind) {
case 0: /* --rebuild-if-modules-changed */
+ fprintf(stderr, "The --rebuild-if-modules-changed option is deprecated. Use --refresh instead.\n");
+ /* fallthrough */
+ case 1: /* --refresh */
check_ext_changes = 1;
break;
default:
After the last commit this option's name and description no longer matches the semantic, so give it a new one and update the descriptions. The old name is still recognized and aliased to the new one for backwards compatibility. Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com> --- policycoreutils/semodule/semodule.8 | 12 ++++++------ policycoreutils/semodule/semodule.c | 13 ++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)