[1.29] feat: deprecate attach/auto-attach

man/subscription-manager.8

@@ -76,12 +76,6 @@ must be passed as system arguments in a non-interactive session.
 .IP
 2. unregister
 
-.IP
-3. attach
-
-.IP
-4. auto-attach
-
 .IP
 5. remove
 
@@ -138,7 +132,7 @@ must be passed as system arguments in a non-interactive session.
 
 .RE
 
-Following commands were deprecated: addons, role, service-level, subscribe, unsubscribe, usage, and activate
+Following commands were deprecated: addons, attach, auto-attach, role, service-level, subscribe, unsubscribe, usage, and activate
 
 .SS COMMON OPTIONS
 .TP
@@ -259,8 +253,7 @@ subscription-manager register --org="IT Dept" --activationkey=1234abcd
 
 .TP
 .B --auto-attach
-Automatically attaches compatible subscriptions to this system.
-
+Deprecated, this option will be removed in future major releases. Automatically attaches compatible subscriptions to this system.
 
 .TP
 .B --servicelevel=LEVEL
@@ -301,7 +294,7 @@ command does two important things. Firstly, it will implicitly remove all of the
 This command has no options.
 
 .SS ATTACH OPTIONS
-The
+This command is \fBdeprecated\fP and will be removed from the future major releases. The
 .B attach
 command applies a specific subscription to the system. This command is not possible to use, when the content access mode of the organization to which the system is registered is simple content access mode.
 
@@ -338,7 +331,7 @@ or
 .B --file.
 
 .SS AUTO-ATTACH OPTIONS
-The
+This command is \fBdeprecated\fP and will be removed from the future major releases. The
 .B auto-attach
 command sets whether the ability to check, attach, and update subscriptions occurs automatically on the system. Auto-attaching subscriptions checks the currently-installed products, attached subscriptions, and any changes in available subscriptions every four hours using the \fBrhsmcertd\fP daemon.
 
@@ -1043,6 +1036,14 @@ This has been replaced with \fBredeem\fP.
 .B addons
 This has been replaced with \fBsyspurpose addons\fP.
 
+.TP
+.B attach
+This option is not used for systems registered using \fBsimple content access\fP.
+
+.TP
+.B auto-attach
+This option is not used for systems registered using \fBsimple content access\fP.
+
 .TP
 .B role
 This has been replaced with \fBsyspurpose role\fP.
@@ -1171,6 +1172,8 @@ An option with registration,
 .B --auto-attach,
 will automatically attach the subscriptions pool which best matches the system architecture and configuration to the newly-registered system. This option attaches subscriptions as part of the registration process, rather than separately managing subscriptions.
 
+This option is deprecated and will be removed in future major releases. This option should only be used with systems that are not registered using simple content access.
+
 .RS
 .nf
 subscription-manager register --username=admin --password=secret

src/subscription_manager/cli_command/attach.py

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ def _read_pool_ids(self, f):
 
     def _short_description(self):
         return _(
+            "Deprecated, this command will be removed from the future major releases. "
             "Attach a specified subscription to the registered system, when system does not use "
             "Simple Content Access mode"
         )
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ def _command_name(self):
         return "attach"
 
     def _primary(self):
-        return True
+        return False
 
     def _validate_options(self):
         if self.options.pool or self.options.file:

src/subscription_manager/cli_command/autoheal.py

@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ class AutohealCommand(CliCommand):
     def __init__(self):
         self.uuid = inj.require(inj.IDENTITY).uuid
 
-        shortdesc = _("Set if subscriptions are attached on a schedule (default of daily)")
+        shortdesc = _(
+            "Deprecated, this option will be removed from the future major releases. "
+            "Set if subscriptions are attached on a schedule (default of daily)"
+        )
         self._org_help_text = _("specify whether to enable or disable auto-attaching of subscriptions")
         super(AutohealCommand, self).__init__("auto-attach", shortdesc, False)
 

src/subscription_manager/cli_command/register.py

@@ -115,7 +115,11 @@ def __init__(self):
             "--auto-attach",
             action="store_true",
             dest="autoattach",
-            help=_("automatically attach compatible subscriptions to this system"),
+            help=_(
+                "Deprecated, this option will be removed from the future major releases. "
+                "This option is no-op when simple content access is used. "
+                "Automatically attach compatible subscriptions to this system"
+            ),
         )
         self.parser.add_argument(
             "--force",