On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 18:25 -0500, Caleb Case wrote: > This patch moves the final files from inside > /var/lib/selinux/<store>/[active|previous|tmp] to > /var/lib/selinux/tmp/<store>. The move is done to facilitate using > source control management on the /var/lib/selinux/<store> directory. If > these files remain in /var/lib/selinux/<store> they will pose a size > problem if an SCM like git is used as we'd be storing lots of binary > diffs. We are suggesting making this change now, rather than later when > source policy, SCM, and CIL[1] support are available, to ease the > migration burden. > > These are the files that have been moved: > > /var/lib/selinux/<store>/active/... /var/lib/selinux/tmp/<store>/... > > file_contexts contexts/files/file_contexts > file_contexts.homedirs contexts/files/file_contexts.homedirs > file_contexts.local contexts/files/file_contexts.local > netfilter_contexts contexts/netfilter_contexts > policy.kern policy/policy.<policyversion> > seusers.final seusers > > The layout of these files in /var/lib/selinux/tmp/<store> is designed to > mirror their locations in /etc/selinux/<store>. This should help clarify > the relationship between these final files and the files installed in > etc. > > One consequence of this move is that reverting to the previous policy > version requires a policy rebuild. Currently you can revert without > rebuilding. That seems a little worrisome to me, as a rebuild might fail, e.g. what happens if we abort a transaction due to a lack of disk space and then try to revert, requiring a rebuild, only to run out of space during the rebuild? -- Stephen Smalley National Security Agency -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.
