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man/rmmod: explain why modprobe -r is more useful (28-8)

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Improve user experience by explaining the option so the user may not
search explanations in other manpages (modprobe).

Update also generated rmmod.8 to avoid building from xml with access
to external resources.

Resolves: rhbz#2164253

Signed-off-by: Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@redhat.com>
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Yauheni Kaliuta 2023-02-09 16:13:21 +02:00
parent b2061f73d6
commit 2815bad792
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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
Name: kmod
Version: 28
Release: 7%{?dist}
Release: 8%{?dist}
Summary: Linux kernel module management utilities
License: GPLv2+
@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Source1: weak-modules
Source2: depmod.conf.dist
Exclusiveos: Linux
Patch01: man-rmmod-explain-why-modprobe-r-is-more-useful.patch
BuildRequires: gcc
BuildRequires: chrpath
BuildRequires: zlib-devel
@ -109,6 +111,10 @@ install -m 0644 %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/depmod.d/dist.conf
%{_libdir}/libkmod.so
%changelog
* Thu Feb 9 2023 Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@redhat.com> - 28-8
- man/rmmod: explain why modprobe -r is more useful
Resolves: rhbz#2164253
* Thu Oct 21 2021 Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@redhat.com> - 28-7
- Add RHEL gating configuration. Related: rhbz#1985100

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From 06fadcc6b17c3b9a534540dd6d74b0c5fb1d948d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 15:47:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] man/rmmod: explain why modprobe -r is more useful
Improve user experience by explaining the option so the user may
not search explanations in other manpages (modprobe).
Signed-off-by: Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>
---
man/rmmod.xml | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man/rmmod.xml b/man/rmmod.xml
index e7c7e5f9e7dc..67bcbedd972b 100644
--- a/man/rmmod.xml
+++ b/man/rmmod.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
want to use
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry> with the <option>-r</option> option instead.
+ </citerefentry> with the <option>-r</option> option instead
+ since it removes unused dependent modules as well.
</para>
</refsect1>
--- a/man/rmmod.8 2020-12-28 02:58:30.085851136 +0200
+++ b/man/rmmod.8 2023-02-09 16:55:55.967128297 +0200
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
.\" Title: rmmod
.\" Author: Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 12/27/2020
+.\" Date: 02/09/2023
.\" Manual: rmmod
.\" Source: kmod
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "RMMOD" "8" "12/27/2020" "kmod" "rmmod"
+.TH "RMMOD" "8" "02/09/2023" "kmod" "rmmod"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
\fBmodprobe\fR(8)
with the
\fB\-r\fR
-option instead\&.
+option instead since it removes unused dependent modules as well\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
--
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