Bug#610272: pu: package refpolicy/2:0.2.20100524-6

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 10:06 +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
> The following patch fixes many issues with the SE Linux policy that were
> discovered after the release of Lenny.  It also supports using the Squeeze
> kernel which is really useful for virtual servers that have Lenny DomU and
> Squeeze Dom0.

The basic standard for a stable update is that it fixes important bugs
and does so in the most minimal way possible.  I'm not sure that

 114 files changed, 2188 insertions(+), 280 deletions(-)

comprising 2.5 years of uploads really meets that criteria, particularly
for what may be the last point release for lenny as the stable release.

Is it possible to isolate the changes relevant to the Squeeze kernel use
and any other particularly important fixes?

> diff -u refpolicy-0.0.20080702/debian/changelog refpolicy-0.0.20080702/debian/changelog
> --- refpolicy-0.0.20080702/debian/changelog
> +++ refpolicy-0.0.20080702/debian/changelog
> @@ -1,3 +1,276 @@
> +refpolicy (2:0.0.20080702-21) unstable; urgency=low

Even if we were to accept all of the changes from the previous unstable
uploads, the new upload would be to stable so there's a new stanza
missing here.  (Also, the version number in the subject is intended to
relate to the version of the package in stable, not the one you have
installed).

Regards,

Adam