From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3F624B45.2050109@diyab.net> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:40:05 -0400 From: Diyab MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Smalley CC: Karl MacMillan , SELinux List Subject: Re: Installation of policy source References: <1063388343.30627.9.camel@colossus.columbia.tresys.com> <1063388536.19531.185.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> In-Reply-To: <1063388536.19531.185.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Stephen Smalley wrote: > On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 13:39, Karl MacMillan wrote: > >>With the quickinstall process gone the policy source no longer gets >>installed under /etc by default and the README doesn't mention the >>install-src target for the policy Makefile. Since some tools (like our >>user management tool seuser) and the policy itself depend upon the >>source for current policy being available at a standard location, it is >>important for the policy source to get installed. Attached are two >>patches that address this. The first adds a note to the README about >>installing the source and the second adds the install-src target to the >>documentation at the beginning of the policy Makefile. > > > If you build and install via rpm, then the policy sources are installed, > i.e. > rpmbuild -tb policy-1.1.tgz > rpm -ivh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/noarch/policy*.rpm > That's fine if you use rpms but not everyone does. I agree that the install-src step should be mentioned in the documentation but I don't see any reason it needs to be noted in the makefile. Once you run install-src you won't be doing it again after it's installed. Timothy, -- I put instant coffee in a microwave and almost went back in time. -- Steven Wright -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.