Re: secilc: in statement ordering limitations

[James Carter <jwcart2@tycho.nsa.gov>]

On 05/21/2014 12:30 PM, Dominick Grift wrote:
> I got a little carried away with block and in statements (to say the
> least)
>
> I hit a limitation were ordering of modules matters (e.g. ordering of
> entries in LISTING or entries fed into secilc)
>
> I order my modules in alphabetical order so for example
> policy/modules/systemd/systemd.cil comes after
> policy/modules/system/dbus for example.
>
> If i, in the dbus.cil file now want to insert some declarations in a
> systemd block i hit issues due to that ordering issue
>
> If i move the systemd.cil up the stack then i can work around the
> ordering issue but it is a dead-end. Ordering issues suck (/me points to
> sidorder statement)
>
>

Thanks for the report. All ordering issues are bugs.

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James Carter <jwcart2@tycho.nsa.gov>
National Security Agency