/usr/share/selinux/devel/include/system/init.if: Syntax error on line 2064 true [type=TRUE] /usr/share/selinux/devel/include/system/init.if: Syntax error on line 2075 ' [type=SQUOTE] /usr/share/selinux/devel/include/system/init.if: Syntax error on line 2079 ' [type=SQUOTE] /usr/share/selinux/devel/include/system/init.if: Syntax error on line 2090 ' [type=SQUOTE] /usr/share/selinux/devel/include/system/init.if: Syntax error on line 2094 ' [type=SQUOTE] /usr/share/selinux/devel/include/kernel/kernel.if: Syntax error on line 1737 - [type=MINUS] /usr/share/selinux/devel/include/kernel/kernel.if: Syntax error on line 1755 - [type=MINUS] I see the above errors when I run sepolgen-ifgen. interface(`init_startstop_service',` ifelse(`init_systemd',`true',` # This ifelse condition is temporary, until # all callers are updated to provide unit files. ifelse(`$5',`',`',` gen_require(` class service { start status stop }; ') allow $1 $5:service { start status stop }; ') ',`distro_gentoo',`true',` # for OpenRC seutil_labeled_init_script_run_runinit($1, $2, $4) ',`direct_sysadm_daemon',`true',` gen_require(` role system_r; ') The first 3 are from the above, the init_systemd, distro_gentoo, and direct_sysadm_daemon macros. https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/manual/html_node/Ifelse.html According to the above web page we shouldn't have quotes around those macros to allow expansion. But removing them gives the following errors: /usr/share/selinux/devel/include/system/init.if: Syntax error on line 2064 init_systemd [type=IDENTIFIER] /usr/share/selinux/devel/include/system/init.if: Syntax error on line 2075 ' [type=SQUOTE] /usr/share/selinux/devel/include/system/init.if: Syntax error on line 2079 ' [type=SQUOTE] The errors about type=MINUS are from the the -proc_type in the following: interface(`kernel_write_non_proc_init_mountpoint_files',` gen_require(` attribute proc_type; ') init_write_mountpoint_files($1, -proc_type) ') Any suggestions on how to address this? My m4 skills aren't up to this task. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/