Bug#849858: splt systemd tmpfile configuration files into respective packages

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Thu Jan 5 13:00:52 GMT 2017


Am 01.01.2017 um 16:35 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Am 01.01.2017 um 16:14 schrieb cgzones:
>> I meant the x11-common Debian package.
>> The SELinux file contexts are defined in the xserver module:
>> https://github.com/TresysTechnology/refpolicy/blob/master/policy/modules/services/xserver.fc
>>
>> 2017-01-01 16:04 GMT+01:00 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>:
>>> Am 01.01.2017 um 16:00 schrieb cgzones:
>>>> Oops,
>>>> I am sorry.
>>>> Seems I forgot to check the file affiliations beside the x11 one.
>>>>
>>>> So my question breaks down to whether the x11.conf file can be
>>>> distributed by the x11-common (or similar) package.
>>>
>>> Why exactly? I don't find x11 specific selinux policy files.
> 
> I still don't understand why we would need to move the tmpfiles config
> file from systemd to x11-common. Mind you that I don't have any selinux
> knowledge.
> Afaics, in Debian we have selinux-policy-default which should contain
> the selinux policy for the X11 tmp directories.

On second thought, it might be worthwile moving the x11.conf into the
xorg package (considering headless servers and a future with Wayland
only). This should happen upstream though and would need involvement and
coordination between both systemd and xorg upstream.

You can file an issue for systemd at
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/new


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