diff --exclude-from=exclude --exclude=sepolgen-1.0.16 --exclude=gui --exclude=po -N -u -r nsapolicycoreutils/semanage/semanage policycoreutils-2.0.62/semanage/semanage
--- nsapolicycoreutils/semanage/semanage	2009-02-18 16:44:47.000000000 -0500
+++ policycoreutils-2.0.62/semanage/semanage	2009-03-12 09:22:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -464,10 +464,10 @@
                       else:
                              fd = open(input, 'r')
                       trans = seobject.semanageRecords(store)
-                      trans.begin()
+                      trans.start()
                       for l in fd.readlines():
                              process_args(mkargv(l))
-                      trans.commit()
+                      trans.finish()
                else:
                       process_args(sys.argv[1:])
 			
diff --exclude-from=exclude --exclude=sepolgen-1.0.16 --exclude=gui --exclude=po -N -u -r nsapolicycoreutils/semanage/seobject.py policycoreutils-2.0.62/semanage/seobject.py
--- nsapolicycoreutils/semanage/seobject.py	2008-11-14 17:10:15.000000000 -0500
+++ policycoreutils-2.0.62/semanage/seobject.py	2009-03-12 09:25:27.000000000 -0400
@@ -281,15 +281,20 @@
                global handle
                       
                if handle != None:
-                      self.transaction = True
                       self.sh = handle
                else:
                       self.sh=get_handle(store)
-                      self.transaction = False
+               self.transaction = False
 
         def deleteall(self):
                raise ValueError(_("Not yet implemented"))
 
+        def start(self):
+               if self.transaction:
+                      raise ValueError(_("Semanage transaction already in progress"))
+               self.begin()
+               self.transaction = True
+
         def begin(self):
                if self.transaction:
                       return
@@ -303,6 +308,12 @@
                if rc < 0:
                       raise ValueError(_("Could not commit semanage transaction"))
 
+        def finish(self):
+               if not self.transaction:
+                      raise ValueError(_("Semanage transaction not in progress"))
+               self.transaction = False
+               self.commit()
+
 class permissiveRecords(semanageRecords):
 	def __init__(self, store):
                semanageRecords.__init__(self, store)