Re: [PATCH 1/6] Revert "policycoreutils: let output of `fixfiles` be redirected (as normal)"

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On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 07:28:19PM +0200, Dominick Grift wrote:
> On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 06:01:17PM +0100, Alan Jenkins wrote:
> > This reverts commit ac7899fc3ad6221e195dd13cdf14b346897314ae,
> > which is not yet part of an officially tagged release
> > (or release candidate).
> > 
> > `LOGFILE=/proc/self/fd/1` was wrong.
> > 
> > `LOGFILE=$(tty)` was being relied on in one case (exclude_dirs),
> > to log messages from a function run specifically with stdout redirected
> > (captured into a variable).
> > 
> > Having `logit "message"` break inside redirected functions
> > is a nasty leaky abstraction.
> > 
> > This caused e.g. `fixfiles restore` to terminate early with the error
> > 
> >     skipping: No such file or directory
> > 
> > if the user had configured any excluded paths in
> > /etc/selinux/fixfiles_exclude_dirs
> > ---
> >  policycoreutils/scripts/fixfiles | 10 +++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/policycoreutils/scripts/fixfiles b/policycoreutils/scripts/fixfiles
> > index bc74d69..75d7762 100755
> > --- a/policycoreutils/scripts/fixfiles
> > +++ b/policycoreutils/scripts/fixfiles
> > @@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ VERBOSE="-p"
> >  FORCEFLAG=""
> >  DIRS=""
> >  RPMILES=""
> > -LOGFILE=/proc/self/fd/1
> > +LOGFILE=`tty`
> > +if [ $? != 0 ]; then
> > +    LOGFILE="/dev/null"
> > +fi
> > +LOGGER=/usr/sbin/logger
> 
> $ ls /usr/bin/logger
> /usr/bin/logger
> $ ls /usr/sbin/logger
> ls: cannot access '/usr/sbin/logger': No such file or directory

Whoops, please ignore. This was removed anyway

> 
> >  SETFILES=/sbin/setfiles
> >  RESTORECON=/sbin/restorecon
> >  FILESYSTEMSRW=`get_rw_labeled_mounts`
> > @@ -134,11 +138,11 @@ else
> >  fi
> >  
> >  #
> > -# Write to LOGFILE
> > +# Log to either syslog or a LOGFILE
> >  #
> >  logit () {
> >  if [ -n $LOGFILE ]; then
> > -    echo $1 >> "$LOGFILE"
> > +    echo $1 >> $LOGFILE
> >  fi
> >  }
> >  #
> > -- 
> > 2.9.3
> > 
> 
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