From: Joshua Brindle <method@manicmethod.com>
To: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Cc: Mark Goldman <mgoldman@tresys.com>,
selinux@tycho.nsa.gov,
Karl MacMillan <kmacmillan@mentalrootkit.com>
Subject: Re: [POLICYREP] [Patch 0/3] remove modular policy support for policy rep branch
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:29:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46C3621F.2060005@manicmethod.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1187208870.20485.123.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil>
Stephen Smalley wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 15:46 -0400, Mark Goldman wrote:
>
>> This patchset removes module support from libsepol. This
>> patchset is in support of the policyrep work.
>>
>> Patch one removes the files that are solely for supporting modular
>> policies.
>>
>> Patch two eliminates the various structures that supported modular
>> policies. All functional changes occur in this patch.
>>
>> Patch three puts dispol in libsepol's utils directory.
>> Dispol was not modified in this move.
>>
>
> So then how will you add back read-side support for providing
> compatibility with older module/package files?
>
Policyrep will have compatibility code that reads the old module format
into the new representation. Hopefully this will allow one to combine
'old' style modules and new modules during the transition phase.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-15 20:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-15 19:46 [POLICYREP] [Patch 0/3] remove modular policy support for policy rep branch Mark Goldman
2007-08-15 19:46 ` [POLICYREP] [Patch 3/3] This patch moves dispol to libsepol utilities. No functional changes to dispol. Makefile was modified to build dispol Mark Goldman
2007-08-15 20:14 ` [POLICYREP] [Patch 0/3] remove modular policy support for policy rep branch Stephen Smalley
2007-08-15 20:29 ` Joshua Brindle [this message]
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