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Re: [PATCH] libsepol/checkpolicy: Add support for multiple target OSes

From: Chad Sellers <csellers_at_nospam>
Date: Tue Sep 15 2009 - 17:09:44 GMT
To: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>, Joshua Brindle <method@manicmethod.com>


On 9/14/09 3:33 PM, "Stephen Smalley" <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 15:07 -0400, Joshua Brindle wrote:
>> On 09/14/2009 09:22 AM, pjnuzzi wrote: >>> Add support for multiple target OSes to libsepol and checkpolicy, where >>>
<snip> >>> Solaris (e.g. "SolFlask") will be introduced later using this new target >>> mechanism if needed. The same support can easily be extended for other >>> OSes.
>
>> This is a fairly large patch, it might take a while to get through it. >> Splitting it up would have been helpful.
>
> Sorry - based on Chad's earlier comment in response to another patch
> that a complete single patch against the selinux tree was fine, and
> given that this does form a single logical change against a single
> repository, I recommended keeping it as a single patch.
>

Sorry if I created confusion. I was just meaning splitting on component (libsepol, checkpolicy, etc.) was unnecessary. Splitting into logical pieces is still preferred, and I have a hard time believing that a patch this large could not be split into logical pieces.

Thanks,
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