> -----Original Message----- > From: Russell Coker [mailto:russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 4:17 PM > To: Karl MacMillan > Cc: Fedora SELinux support list for users & developers.; Daniel J Walsh > Subject: Re: policy packages > > On Sun, 16 May 2004 03:41, "Karl MacMillan" <kmacmillan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I think we should use /etc/selinux as the sym-link to the policy > > > source. /etc/security/selinux/src is too much typing when you do any > > > serious policy work. > > > > I am not against adding the symlink if /etc/security/selinux/src/policy > > remains. Breaking that compatibility will be a problem for us and > others > > at least in the short term and, if other distributions don't adopt the > > change, a problem in the long term. All of our tools are easily > > If /etc/selinux is used then it's best for compatibility for everyone. > > Debian has been using /usr/share/selinux/policy/current since Howard > suggested > it: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=selinux&m=101864307520785&w=2 > > Gentoo apparently uses /etc/security/selinux/src/policy. It seems that if > you > want to have cross-distribution compatibility then a /etc/selinux sym-link > is > the best possibility. That is my goal, and I am glad that you mentioned that there are already problems with this. It seems like we still haven't solved the problem, though. I was after a consistent location for the currently active source and linking /etc/selinux /etc/security/selinux doesn't address this. I suggest that wherever the top of the selinux files is, the current policy should be in src/policy. That way /etc/selinux/src/policy would be the current policy source in your suggestion and the binary modules can then be /etc/selinux/modules. Karl Karl MacMillan Tresys Technology http://www.tresys.com (410)290-1411 ext 134 > > -- > http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages > http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark > http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark > http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
