`install --preserve-context` is the preferred method.
>From 06dad629bb1b3d5bf6529e20677893374d0fec48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:14:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] install: deprecate the --preserve_context option
src/install.c: Print a warning when --preserve_context
rather than --preserve-context is used as per FIXME.
---
src/install.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c
index 59478a3..eb345a6 100644
--- a/src/install.c
+++ b/src/install.c
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ static char const *strip_program = "strip";
enum
{
PRESERVE_CONTEXT_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1,
+ PRESERVE_CONTEXT_OPTION_DEPRECATED,
STRIP_PROGRAM_OPTION
};
@@ -149,10 +150,9 @@ static struct option const long_options[] =
{"owner", required_argument, NULL, 'o'},
{"preserve-timestamps", no_argument, NULL, 'p'},
{"preserve-context", no_argument, NULL, PRESERVE_CONTEXT_OPTION},
- /* Continue silent support for --preserve_context until Jan 2008. FIXME-obs
- After that, FIXME-obs: warn in, say, late 2008, and disable altogether
- a year or two later. */
- {"preserve_context", no_argument, NULL, PRESERVE_CONTEXT_OPTION},
+ /* --preserve_context was silently supported until Apr 2009.
+ FIXME: disable altogether in a year or so. */
+ {"preserve_context", no_argument, NULL, PRESERVE_CONTEXT_OPTION_DEPRECATED},
{"strip", no_argument, NULL, 's'},
{"strip-program", required_argument, NULL, STRIP_PROGRAM_OPTION},
{"suffix", required_argument, NULL, 'S'},
@@ -530,6 +530,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
no_target_directory = true;
break;
+ case PRESERVE_CONTEXT_OPTION_DEPRECATED:
+ error (0, 0, _("WARNING: --preserve_context is deprecated. "
+ "Please use --preserve-context instead."));
+ /* fall through */
case PRESERVE_CONTEXT_OPTION:
if ( ! selinux_enabled)
{
--
1.5.3.6
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