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| author |   Sven Vermeulen <sven.vermeulen@siphos.be> | 2011-11-22 20:43:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Sven Vermeulen <sven.vermeulen@siphos.be> | 2011-11-22 20:43:13 +0100 |
| commit | 6df6a029f9de6caf4981e30707fef7f6edc08dee (patch) | |
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Updating information on module policy development aspects
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diff --git a/xml/selinux-development.xml b/xml/selinux-development.xml index a8e8e14..9a05123 100644 --- a/xml/selinux-development.xml +++ b/xml/selinux-development.xml @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ acquainted with the necessary resources, trips and tricks to get along. <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>2</version> -<date>2011-09-04</date> +<version>3</version> +<date>2011-11-22</date> <chapter> <title>Introduction</title> @@ -208,9 +208,16 @@ Every time a new revision comes out, you'll need to clean the <body> <p> -To update your policy workspace, use the same tactic as describes -earlier, but now for the specific SELinux policy module package (like -<path>selinux-postfix</path>). +If you want to or need to work on the policy of a SELinux module (rather than +the base policy), check its ebuild to see if it holds any additional patches +(mentioned through the <c>POLICY_PATCH</c> variable). If not, then you can work +off the snapshot taken earlier in this guide. +</p> + +<p> +However, if a patch (or set of patches) is applied as well, you either need to +apply those manually on the snapshot, or use the following tactics to create a +snapshot just for this module: </p> <pre caption="Updating the dev/hardened workspace"> |