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Re: Please unblock policycoreutils/1.32-2



On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 09:41:53AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

>         This is a release that prevents running setfiles with no file
>  path (the file path is a required argument to setfiles) if no
>  writeable SELinux capable filesystems exist on the target
>  machine. This came up when someone tried to install SELinux o0n a
>  machine with just reiserfs filesystems, and reiserfs does not support
>  the xattr functionality SELinux uses for setting security labels on
>  filesystem object. The fix is just a check to see if any fileststems
>  were found, and issueing a diagnostic  if not; this is just a shell
>  if()  conditional.

>         This upload also changes diagnostic messages (no valid FS),
>  changes an audit2allow error message to not mention "rpm" packages,
>  updates a man page, and is wholly low risk.

>         This does not impact the debian installer.

The only change I find in the uploaded package, aside from the pruning of
the arch metadata (which is welcome, though it makes reviewing this
particular interdiff painful), is to the changelog.  Am I overlooking
something?

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Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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