Re: [meta-selinux] How about remove libcap-ng from meta-selinux?

[Randy MacLeod <randy.macleod@windriver.com>]

On 2015-08-14 02:41 AM, wenzong fan wrote:
> On 08/12/2015 09:05 PM, Joe MacDonald wrote:
>> [[yocto] [meta-selinux] How about remove libcap-ng from meta-selinux?]
>> On 15.08.12 (Wed 17:08) wenzong fan wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> There's a libcap-ng in meta-oe layer, it has been updated to 0.7.7
>>> and the
>>> one in meta-selinux is 0.7.3.
>>>
>>> How about removing the one in meta-selinux and get this layer depends on
>>> meta-oe? Any suggestions?
>>
>> The last time we had this discussion my sense was that most users of
>> meta-selinux wanted to continue with it only depending on oe-core.
>> That's my preference as well.
>>
>> I'm happy to merge an updated version of libcap-ng (or maybe I'll get to
>> it myself, since I've known about it since Armin removed it from
>> meta-security, that was the time of the last discussion, I think).
>>
>> All I'm saying right now is that this isn't a case of accidental
>> duplication of recipes in multiple layers, it's the result of a
>> conscious decision.  It's totally worthwhile re-visiting that decision,
>> though to make sure the reasons are still valid.
>>
>
> Thanks for clarifying this, just send out an update patch for libcap-ng.

I still think it belongs in oe-core.

Wenzong,

Can you try to build up a case for that?
If I look at the dependencies on Ubuntu-15.04:

Reverse Depends:
   qemu-system-common,libcap-ng0
   libvirt0,libcap-ng0
   libvirt-bin,libcap-ng0
   libcap-ng0:i386,libcap-ng0 0.7.4-2
   libcap-ng0:i386,libcap-ng0 0.7.4-2
   suricata,libcap-ng0
   libcap-ng-utils,libcap-ng0 0.7.4-2
   ladvd,libcap-ng0
   heimdal-kdc,libcap-ng0
   audispd-plugins,libcap-ng0
   smartmontools,libcap-ng0
   qemu-system-common,libcap-ng0
   libvirt0,libcap-ng0
   libvirt-bin,libcap-ng0
   libcap-ng-dev,libcap-ng0 0.7.4-2
   irqbalance,libcap-ng0
   gnome-keyring,libcap-ng0
   dbus-1-dbg,libcap-ng0
   dbus,libcap-ng0

note that pkgs in:
   meta-virtualization: irqbalance, libvirt, more?
   meta-selinux: audit
   meta-security-framework: audit
could drop the local versions of libcap-ng and use the
oe-core libcap-ng.


Please check on the actual source/configure options so that
we(I!!) get a better understanding of where libcap vs libcap-ng
is used.

In fact, since meta-security-framework isn't using selinux, I'd
say that both audit and libcap-ng should both move to oe-core.


Thanks,
../Randy


>
> Wenzong


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