From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from zombie.ncsc.mil (zombie.ncsc.mil [144.51.88.131]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i5ID9nrT016564 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:09:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp-bedford.mitre.org (jazzdrum.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.7]) by zombie.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5ID9krD016832 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:09:46 GMT Received: from smtp-bedford.mitre.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-bedford.mitre.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i5ID9ll07181 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:09:47 -0400 Received: from divan.mitre.org (divan.mitre.org [129.83.10.75]) by smtp-bedford.mitre.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i5ID9ls07175 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:09:47 -0400 Received: from divan.mitre.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by divan.mitre.org (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5ID9koY001923 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:09:46 -0400 To: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Subject: Re: Fedora Core 2 setools RPM References: <200406171535.i5HFZVSf032291@gotham.columbia.tresys.com> <1087487902.25033.89.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> From: ramsdell@mitre.org (John D. Ramsdell) Date: 18 Jun 2004 09:09:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1087487902.25033.89.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Stephen Smalley writes: > ... I'd also think you would want both shared and static libraries, > and have most of the tools dynamically linked against the shared > library. If Tresys is not completely sure that the libapol API is stable, they may want to only release a static library for now. Changing the API used by a static library means that compilations may fail, but existing binaries will be not be effected by the change. Changing the API used by a shared library means that existing binaries may fail. Tresys should commit itself to an API provided by a shared library only after careful thought. John -- 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.