Stop febootstrap-run from accepting -g and -i options in error.

[febootstrap.git] / febootstrap.pod

diff --git a/febootstrap.pod b/febootstrap.pod
index 109f6a2..e208603 100644 (file)
--- a/febootstrap.pod
+++ b/febootstrap.pod
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ so that yum thinks it is running as root.  Fakeroot keeps track of
 directory as C<I<TARGET>/fakeroot.log>.
 
 This logfile is indexed by inode number, which makes certain
 directory as C<I<TARGET>/fakeroot.log>.
 
 This logfile is indexed by inode number, which makes certain

-operations safe and other operations unsafe.  For example, deleting
-files is usually safe.  Files should be replaced only by doing:
+operations safe and other operations unsafe.
+Files should be replaced only by doing:

 
  echo updated-content > old-file
 
 
  echo updated-content > old-file
 


@@ -139,9 +139,12 @@ files is usually safe.  Files should be replaced only by doing:
 Deleting files and then creating new ones (even with a different name)
 is usually unsafe, because the new files might reuse inodes claimed by
 the old files, and so appear with peculiar permissions
 Deleting files and then creating new ones (even with a different name)
 is usually unsafe, because the new files might reuse inodes claimed by
 the old files, and so appear with peculiar permissions

-(eg. unreadable, or as a symbolic link).  (XXX We need an
-C<febootstrap-install> utility to automate installing new files safely
-into a filesystem).
+(eg. unreadable, or as a symbolic link).
+
+Deleting files is also usually unsafe, although the reasons are more
+subtle.  If you just use C<rm> then the inode number is not deleted
+from C<fakeroot.log> which means it can be reused by another file
+later on.

 
 In most cases it's usually safest to use C<febootstrap-run>.
 
 
 In most cases it's usually safest to use C<febootstrap-run>.
 


@@ -156,6 +159,11 @@ permissions.
 
 =item *
 
 
 =item *
 

+Use L<febootstrap-install(8)> to install a file with permissions
+in the root filesystem.
+
+=item *
+

 Generate an initramfs (compressed cpio) file containing the correct
 permissions using the tool C<febootstrap-to-initramfs>.
 
 Generate an initramfs (compressed cpio) file containing the correct
 permissions using the tool C<febootstrap-to-initramfs>.
 


@@ -218,6 +226,7 @@ L<http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/febootstrap>
 L<febootstrap-to-initramfs(8)>,
 L<febootstrap-minimize(8)>,
 L<febootstrap-run(8)>,
 L<febootstrap-to-initramfs(8)>,
 L<febootstrap-minimize(8)>,
 L<febootstrap-run(8)>,

+L<febootstrap-install(8)>,

 L<fakeroot(1)>,
 L<fakechroot(1)>,
 L<yum(8)>,
 L<fakeroot(1)>,
 L<fakechroot(1)>,
 L<yum(8)>,