RE: Libsemanage dependency on version of Linux...

On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 15:48 -0400, Hasan Rezaul-CHR010 wrote:
> Thanks Stephen,
>
> So given the fact that I must use Linux Kernel 2.6.14 :
>
> Are you saying that its okay for us to upgrade SELinux libs FROM the
> versions listed below TO the versions listed below while continuing to
> use Linux Kernel 2.6.14 ? In other words, the newer versions of the
> SELinux-related libs DON'T depend on the version of the Linux kernel ?
> I would like to upgrade the libs as described below, but I fear that the
> new libs versions may not work correctly with Linux 2.6.14.
>
> Please confirm...
>
>
> libsemanage-1.6.17-1 => libsemanage-1.10.4
> checkpolicy-1.33.1-2 => checkpolicy-1.34.3-x
> libsepol-1.15.3-1 => libsepol-1.16.3-x
> libselinux-1.33.4-2 => libselinux-1.34.10-x
> policycoreutils-1.34.1-4 => policycoreutils-1.34.10-x

AFAIK, there should be no problems from such an upgrade, and if there are, that's a bug.

Naturally, trying it out on a test machine first considered a good idea.

-- 
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency


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