On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 1:19 PM Allan Oepping <allan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Importing a .pp file with the python semanage -i option generates a "UnicodeDecodeError: utf-8" on an up to date Rocky 9 distribution.
>
> packages:
>
> policycoreutils-python-utils-3.6-2.1.el9.noarch
> python-unversioned-command-3.9.18-3.el9.noarch
>
> The open() in SetImportFile needs the binary "b" option to open the file in binary mode, as the .pp file is not in utf-8 format:
Did you mean to use semodule -i? That's how one imports a policy module.
Also, patches should be -p1 appliable and include a Signed-off-by: line.
>
> --- /semanage~ 2024-07-01 10:29:20.000000000 -0600
> +++ /semanage 2024-07-01 10:54:30.520312298 -0600
> @@ -122,11 +122,11 @@
> class SetImportFile(argparse.Action):
>
> def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
> if values and values != "-":
> try:
> - sys.stdin = open(values, 'r')
> + sys.stdin = open(values, 'rb')
> except IOError as e:
> sys.stderr.write("%s: %s\n" % (e.__class__.__name__, str(e)))
> sys.exit(1)
> setattr(namespace, self.dest, values)
>
> patch also attached.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Allan Oepping
