Re: [Audit-test-developer] [PATCH 07/14] misc/tar: add support for ACL testing

[Linda K. <lin...@hp...>]

Jiri Jaburek wrote:
> On 12/06/2013 04:01 PM, Linda Knippers wrote:
>>> Well, they might not need to. Tar with --selinux will work fine in all
>>> cases, just the `ls -Z' check will fail, which is indifferent from the
>>> previous "version" of the test.
>>> That is - unless the distro builds GNU tar --without-selinux.
>>>
>>> Non-selinux-enabled distros will have bigger problems anyway as
>>> PPROFILE=lspp kind of needs selinux for more than just one tar test.
>>> (yes, this tar test is lspp-only)
>> Right.  I assume that a non-SELinux would only run in CAPP mode,
>> although even in CAPP mode SELinux is optional.  In some cases
>> we've used the DISTRO variable to skip them.
>>
>> The misc tests actually run in CAPP and LSPP mode, don't they?
>>
> 
> At the bottom of misc/run.conf:
> 
> if [[ $PPROFILE == lspp ]]; then
>     + tar
> fi

Oops, missed that.

> So I believe my implicit assumption of SELinux being available
> should be fine. If a distro provides SELinux as an optional feature,
> that distro probably builds tar --with-selinux anyway.

True.

Thanks,

-- ljk
> 
> Jiri
>