Hi Joshua, On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Joshua Brindle <method@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The writer is technically capable of writing old versions but we never added > the option to checkmodule. > > There has been little testing around building modules on a different > toolchain than the target so while it is suppose to work I wouldn't really > recommend it. Thanks for the explanation. Does anyone know if it is possible to change the checkmodule man page to make it more clear that you can't build old versions. I propose to change: Show policy versions created by this program to this: Show policy versions created by this program. Note that you cannot currently build older versions. I have attached a (trivial) patch that should apply against the current head. Of course there may be better wording. Thanks, Jason >From 517340f947a9f7b63a1ee890e53449db4e00e9a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Axelson <jason.axelson@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:13:16 -1000 Subject: [PATCH] Adding note to checkmodule man page Note that you cannot build a module with an older policy version --- checkpolicy/checkmodule.8 | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/checkpolicy/checkmodule.8 b/checkpolicy/checkmodule.8 index 54680e3..77f5f03 100644 --- a/checkpolicy/checkmodule.8 +++ b/checkpolicy/checkmodule.8 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Generate a non-base policy module. Enable the MLS/MCS support when checking and compiling the policy module. .TP .B \-V,\-\-version - Show policy versions created by this program + Show policy versions created by this program. Note that you cannot currently build older versions. .TP .B \-o,\-\-output filename Write a binary policy module file to the specified filename. -- 1.7.1.1
From 517340f947a9f7b63a1ee890e53449db4e00e9a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Axelson <jason.axelson@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:13:16 -1000 Subject: [PATCH] Adding note to checkmodule man page Note that you cannot build a module with an older policy version --- checkpolicy/checkmodule.8 | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/checkpolicy/checkmodule.8 b/checkpolicy/checkmodule.8 index 54680e3..77f5f03 100644 --- a/checkpolicy/checkmodule.8 +++ b/checkpolicy/checkmodule.8 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Generate a non-base policy module. Enable the MLS/MCS support when checking and compiling the policy module. .TP .B \-V,\-\-version - Show policy versions created by this program + Show policy versions created by this program. Note that you cannot currently build older versions. .TP .B \-o,\-\-output filename Write a binary policy module file to the specified filename. -- 1.7.1.1
